You might think that once you’re dead, you no longer have to worry about maps and directions (that’s one silver lining, at least).

Well, no such luck for the Ancient Egyptians, who were buried with detailed guides on how to navigate the underworld.

These so-called “Books of the Dead” were filled with spells and instructions, and considered a form of supernatural “travel insurance”, Sara Cole, an antiquities expert at the J. Paul Getty Museum in LA, told the New York Times.

Now, it’...

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Designed by Converse's Black design team, The Black Joy collection was made with the intent to encourage Black creatives to grow within their communities. Each style was inspired by the artistic roots of the Harlem Renaissance. Along with an assortment of cropped and standard-fit T-shirts, the caps...

Erick Sermon says he gets $240,000 every four months thanks to Metro Boomin’s “Creepin’” track featuring The Weeknd and 21 Savage.

In a recent interview with Bootleg Kev, the producer and EPMD member spoke about the importance of owning publishing, particularly in the current climate of streaming hits that are often short-lived.

Sitting at the heart of Roc Nation’s music empire are two executives masterfully orchestrating a roster of distinct artists all united by one specific trait: authenticity. 

From Rihanna to J.Cole to Maeta, each individual artist signed under the Roc Nation label is strategically positioned to unleash the next major music sensation, guided by the expertise of co-presidents Shari Br...

Tonesa Welch wants to be known for more than her role within the Black Mafia Family, so she’s taking control of her narrative with the new film directed by Vivica A. Fox.

“I really wanted to tell my story because of the whole BMF series, the perception, and the misconception people had of me,” Welch told Shadow and Act in a recent interview. “I wanted to show who I was, the way it was, the way that I saw it with my own eyes. What I am doing now. I didn’t want it just to be a glorifyi...

Outside her fictional kitchen garbs, the 28-year-old star has been pulling off look after look with zero hesitation. A Thom Browne muse...

Injuries can undoubtedly have a devastating impact on a player's career. With an already limited time to pursue their passion, being unable to compete due to injuries can go beyond physical pain; it sometimes also takes a toll on their mental well-being.

However, when you compare sports injuries to injuries other people struggle with, it may not seem as devastating. This change in perspective is something Julius Erving notably realized and expressed in the latter stages of his illustrious care...

Clipse thinks that André 3000 still has a lot in him in regards to hip-hop.

Last month, the Virginia rap duo, composed of brothers Pusha T, 46, and No Malice, 51, guested on the live podcast Idea Generation, hosted by former Complex Editor-in-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever. Held on the night that Three Stacks released his solo debut New Blue Sun (Nov. 16), which showcases him playing the flute instead of rapping, Bever asked Clipse if being of an older age was a deterrent to ...

When it comes to era-defining soirées, few rival Diddy's lavish White Parties. For more than a decade, from 1998 to 2009, the annual extravaganza over the Labor Day holiday was pop culture's hottest ticket, with an unmatched guest list delivering indelible fashion moments. 

"I remember the first party he threw in the Hamptons," Paris Hilton recalled to The Hollywood Reporter in 2008. "It was iconic and everyone was there."

In the early aughts, an invite to the exclusive bash solidified one's A...

Ms. Lauryn Hill is headed on the road with The Fugees as an additional act, however all members may not have been in on the plan. Pras shared that he learned of the fall performances online.

“I ain’t even know this tour was happening until last week to be honest with you,” detailed the 50-year-old to TMZ.

“I heard about it through the media… I’m going, obviously, I just heard about it last week.”

Awhite girl who mocked Black women and cultural appropriation was seemingly forced to cut off all of her hair after getting braids.

TikTok user Starla Soloway posted a video last month of her getting her hair braided. After receiving backlash from a number of Black social media users, Soloway posted a number of follow-up videos, continuing to show off her braids and mock those who were critical of her wearing the hairstyle as a white woman.

Soloway revealed a few weeks later that she had to cut...

A posthumous album from Lil Peep is coming next week. On Friday, the late rapper’s estate released the single “November,” and his mother Liza Womack announced that Diamonds will be released Sept. 8.

Womack said that the upcoming record is Lil Peep’s “last cohesive full body of work” made with iLoveMakonnen.

“Lil Peep and Makonnen completed the first fifteen of what would be twenty-one songs and would later be known as the album Diamonds in Los Angeles, exactly 6 years ago in Augus...

Irv Gotti appears to not be a believer in giving artists their masters recordings.

During an interview with “Drink Champs,” the Murder Inc. founder broke down his reasoning for why he is against it. 

“When people talk about the masters…and they’re like, ‘Oh you should give your artists their masters.’ No, because that’s how I make my money,” Gotti said. “Like Ja, Ashanti, millions of dollars they make every year [from their shows]. I don’t get a dime of that. I don’t get...

C-Murder labeled NBA Youngboy as the “Soulja Slim of the new generation.” On Sunday (Aug. 20), the rapper, né Corey Miller, took to Instagram to give the Gen Z artist, and his contemporaries, their flowers for their contributions to Hip-Hop. The incarcerated man also told his generation to stop “hating” and let the young bulls cook. 

“I want to ask the older cats to stop hating on our new generation that rap. These dudes really eating and it’s all legal,” C-Murder’s captioned ...

Burna Boy, Ari Lennox and more kick off Afro Nation Detroit festival 

On Saturday afternoon, Afro Nation officially kicked off its first ever festival in Detroit. This took place at the Bedrock’s Douglas Site near the downtown area, as Hip-HopVibe was on site.

The day featured performances from various Afrobeats and hip-hop stars, which include Skillibeng, Diamond Platnumz, Detroit native Dej Loaf, Latto, Ari Lennox, as well as Burna Boy closing out the night as the headliner. Dej, Flavour, a...

A jury on Friday found Hollywood architect and film academy member Jeffrey Cooper guilty of three counts of child molestation.

The two-week criminal trial began May 9 at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys, four years after Cooper was arrested and a grand jury indicted him on eight counts involving two children. Cooper, a resident of Calabasas, pleaded not guilty.

The jury convicted him on three felony charges of a lewd act on a child involving one of his accusers.

Jurors, however, were u...

Elon Musk wants to hire thousands of new employees at Twitter while shedding some existing staffers, create a secretive new product known as "X," and more than quadruple the size of the social media platf...

 screams could be heard as loved ones learned that aspiring rapper Brandon Slater was shot and killed right outside his mother's home Saturday -- just one day ahead of Mother's Day. 

Family members say the 26-year-old had just picked up a cake for Mother's Day. His mother, Diane Archer, was at a Mother's Day brunch, where people were praying for her after losing her other son in December.

"I am so tired of this nonsense," she said. "Something has to be done." 

The shooting took place in the 1160...

Kevin Hart may be ready to conquer a new industry.

According to a press release, the entertainer and businessman teamed up with tequila producer Juan Domingo Beckmann to launch a new tequila brand, Gran Coramino™.

The pair merged Beckmann’s knowledge of the tequila industry with Hart’s drive to produce top-quality tequila in hopes of creating community.  Now, the entrepreneurial venture, which was two years in the making, has led to a “perfectly smooth and uniquely balanced Reposado Cri...

Rick Ross has some questions for crypto-millionaires.

“That’s the thing about Rick Ross — that’s the thing about the bawse,” he said in a recent Instagram story. “The metaverse. Crypto. Y’all gettin’ so much money, where you at? Where you at? Show us! And I don’t mean ‘I’m tryna get money.’ Yo, man, I got a lot of money … But show us. Show my homies what the metaverse [is] about. Y’all big boy crypto dudes! … All that fake rich money, where it’s at?”

Check out ...

Pictured: Parents of daughter found dead fused to their sofa for 12 years

An Alabama sheriff said Wednesday that a jail official visited a murder suspect in prison before helping him escape last week and that her actions suggest their plan had been in the works for some time.

“We have confirmed that there were visits and that there was communication between the two of them when he was in prison and she was still working here,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.

He said the prison visits indicate the the two had some type of a relationship for possibly...

Pete Davidson appears to have a new tattoo dedicated to girlfriend Kim Kardashian’s children, but the internet can’t agree whether it’s a thumbs up or down. 

The Saturday Night Live comedian performed his first stand-up show in three years at the Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival in Los Angeles on Friday night. 

He was joined by Kim, 41, who supportively watched the comic return to the stage and make jokes about her estranged husband Kanye West. 

While leaving and getting into their waiting ...

Donny Davis' cause of death has been revealed.

The comedian and impersonator died of fentanyl and alcohol intoxication, the Clark County Coroner's office tells PEOPLE.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that the case is still open, and no arrests have been made, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Davis was found in a room at the Resorts World hotel and casino in February, Las Vegas' 
8 News Now reported. ...

Aretired corrections officer has been arrested in the murder of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl more than three decades after she was stabbed to death, authorities announced Wednesday.

Marvin Carlton “Skip” McClendon, Jr., 74, was arrested Tuesday evening at his home in Bremen, Alabama. He is accused of killing Melissa Ann Tremblay in 1988 and dumping her in a Lawrence, Massachusetts, rail yard. After she died, a freight car ran over Tremblay’s body, severing her left leg.

“It was bru...

Grayson's death at age 55 on Sunday was confirmed by his family in a statement released through New York radio station HOT 97, where he hosted “The Drama Hour” for more than two decades.

“A dominant figure in hip hop culture with millions of fans worldwide, DJ Kay Slay will be remembered for his passion and excellence with a legacy tha...

The idea was taken as a jab at both the city of San Francisco, which has grappled with a deepening homeless crisis, and at Twitter, whose employees have been told they can work remotely forever. Perhaps the building would be better used as homeless housing, Musk se...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry, who was convicted of lying to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign, said on Saturday that he would be resigning from Congress.

Following a trial in Los Angeles federal court, the jury found Fortenberry, who represents Nebraska, guilty of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts, along with two counts of making false statements to federal investigators.

In a statement, Fortenbe...

Police are searching for a California man after the body of a child was found in his Central Valley home, authorities said Saturday.

The body was found Thursday in Dhante Jackson's residence in Merced, police from the cities of Merced and Hayward said in separate statements.

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Jackson is the boyfriend of a woman whose 8-year-old daughter, Sophia Mason, was reported missing Tuesday.

Two separate probes have been launched into Sop...

© Provided by Business InsiderWorkers load packages of Israeli humanitarian aid to assist people caught up in the fighting in Ukraine. Tsafrir Abayov/AP

At least 14 private jets from Russia have landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, per a rep...

DETROIT — Michigan men's basketball coach Juwan Howard won't be on the sidelines for a while.

Howard has been suspended for the remainder of the regular season by the school — which the Big Ten backed — and fined $40,000 for striking an opposing coach  at the end of the Wolverines game against the Wisconsin Badgers at a Sunday

Howard's supsension would not include the Big Ten tournament or any other postseason games.

A man reported missing in Houston in 2021 has been found dead in a car trunk in Dallas.

The body of Taylour Young, 25, was discovered in the trunk of his vehicle in an impound lot on January 19.

Young's body was in a state of decomposition when it was found, according to the Houston Police Department.

In a tweet, they said an investigation was ongoing and the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death.

Nine brick kiln workers died and at least 29 others became ill Wednesday after drinking laced booze at an event Tuesday night in Paharpur village in Rae Bareli, India, per the Times of India.

Th...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years.

Kiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to charter a plane to bring home 54 of the island nation’s citizens. Many of those aboard were missionaries who had left Kiribati before the border closure to spread the f...

Avideo showcasing some of the booby traps used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War has surfaced on social media, and viewers have reacted to it with a mix of shock and horror.

The footage was first posted to TikTok by thao50211, where it garnered over 2.7 million views. It has since been reposted to Reddit by aloanhbinhgold where it has earned more than 103,000 upvotes. The video can be viewed here.

© Provided by INSIDERKim Kardashian West, left, and Nicki Minaj, right — both former clients of Angela Kukawski — at a 2017 fashion event in Los Angeles. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

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Aprofessional boxer in Maryland was shot dead in front of his children on Friday in what police are investigating as a potential road rage incident.

Officers responded just before 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve and found the man, Danny Kelly Jr., of Clinton, Maryland, unresponsive in the driver's seat of an SUV. Kelly was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.

A preliminary investigation found that Kelly, 30, was driving with his girlfriend and three children at the time of the incident.

"Prelimin...

The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office determined that ex-NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson died of "chronic alcohol use," according to an autopsy report released Wednesday.

According to the accompanying toxicology report, Jackson had a blood-alcohol content of 0.28% when he was found dead in a Florida hotel room earlier this year, at the age of 38. His family later told authorities that they believed he suffered from alcoholism.

The medical examiner categorized the manner of death a...

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn — Three individuals entered a Brooklyn jewelry store Dec. 1 and made off with about $14,000 worth of merchandise, officials said Friday.

At about 1:20 p.m., three men entered the store on Rockaway Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Two of the men displayed firearms and forced a 22-year-old man into the store’s basement while the third kept watch, officials said.

Police said the suspects then forced two more victims — a 21-year-old man and a 34-year-old man — to ...

For the third night in a row, gunfire on the streets of the five boroughs has left multiple people injured — including a teenager in the Bronx Wednesday evening, who was clinging to life after being rushed to the hospital.

The gunshots rang out around 5 p.m. in the Williamsbridge neighborhood, during an apparent drive-by shooting along Burke Avenue. Two gunman in the back of a black SUV opened fire on four people, some of whom were innocent bystanders, police said. At least eight shots are b...

Christy Giles’ lifeless body was dumped on the sidewalk outside of Southern California Hospital in Culver City at roughly 5 p.m. on Saturday. Two hours later, her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola turned up in critical con...

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An Arkansas man who evaded law enforcement authorities for more than a year before being caught was sentenced to two life sentences on Monday after pleading guilty to killing his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son in June 2019.

Appearing in Ouachita District Court, Jory John Worthen, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 20-y...

Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas over the past three years, with the marsupials hit by drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees, the Australian Koala Foundation said on Tuesday.

© Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images A koala affected by the Australia's wildfires last year is released back into native bushland following treatment at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park in Parndana.

The independent non-profit group estimated the koala population has dropped to less than 58,000 thi...

Two 16-year-old girls whose names are not being released and who hail from Snellville...

© Provided by Law & Crime Austin Meli sits in court in an image taken from a video screengrab.

Aust...

Rapper Baby Blue, an original member of the hip-hop group Pretty Ricky, is in critical condition after being shot outside of a bowling alley in South Florida on Monday, the Davie Police Department confirms with PEOPLE.

The Love and Hip Hop star, née Diamond Smith, and another victim were standing by their cars "when two unknown armed ...

Casanova Wanted By The FBI- Charged for Racketeering, Firearm, and Drug Offenses, Surrenders
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Casanova, who birth name is Caswell Senior, 34, faces racketeering conspiracy, firearm possession, and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances as part of an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday. The other 17 suspects in the indictment are already in custody. The FBI New York tweeted a photo of Casanova and encouraged anyone with information on his whereabouts t...

Han Solo didn't dominate.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is the second spin-off based in the Star Wars universe. Unlike the first film, Rogue One, that was mainly based on characters most people never heard of, Solo had the enormous task presenting a younger version of Han Solo. Han is one of the most beloved characters in the Star Wars universe, and Alden Ehrenreich does a good job of channeling his inner Harrison Ford in the film. Donald Glover also shines as Lando, but if you want to check out our...

Socialite Kim Kardashian has stripped off once again and gone full frontal for the new issue of Love magazine.

Just months after K...

Stew Friedman is a Wharton professor who encourages his students to share intimate details of their lives, while the profs down the hall are talking about statistical analysis. But he's aiming a bit higher than the standard business school fare; Stew helps students - and the rest of us - better manage the interaction of four domains: work, home, community, and the private self.

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Now, here’s the real tea:  Some sources are reporting that the OVO crew member was jumped by a member of rapper Tyga’s crew..while others say the altercation began because of a reckless stripper that attempted to snatch the DJ’s chain.

Either way, Drake wasn’t haven’t it!  The rapper was caught on camera running back i...

Call it the anti-Ice Bucket Challenge.

Rapper 50 cent took to Instagram Thursday to issue a rather unusual challenge to boxing champ, Floyd Mayweather.

Improvising on the ubiquitous Ice Bucket Challenge, the rapper vowed to donate $750,000 to a charity of Mayweather’s ...

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Human beings sometimes have a troubling inability to hold two thoughts in mind at the same time. This is true not only when the two thoughts contradict each other but even when they simply appear to be in conflict with each other but actually aren't. And nowhere is there a greater need for us to get past this tendency than when discussing the ongoing war on drugs and the growing movement for the decriminalization of marijuana. It should be po...

DAKAR- Amadou Ali and family came under fire in town of Kolofata, with militants taking his wife, in group's third attack this week

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SEPANG, Malaysia — The authorities in Malaysia acknowledged on Wednesday that they had detected radar signals that might have been from the missing jetliner, flying far off course and hundreds of miles away from its last reported position, but had failed to disclose the data for four days while they struggled to interpret it.

Officials said they had given the radar data to American investigators who would help them assess whether the radar blips were likely to have come from the m...

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Jeezy was arrested for battery, false imprisonment, and making terroristic threats, over an alleged fight with his son.

Jeezy was reportedly arrested Friday for battery, false imprisonment, and making terroristic threats. The charges stem from an alleged incident in 2012 in which Jeezy got into a physical altercation with his son. 

Apparently the ATL rapper and his son got into a fight in a bathroom, which resulted in Jeezy throwing his kid through a glass shower door, and caused him to h...