[WATCH] While on Trial for Murder, Former Bad Boy Artist Confesses to Another Murder

P. Diddy is responsible for breaking a lot of artists. However, those shitty deals that were worked out between Puff and those artists never puts them in the best position. From Black Rob, Loon, to Shyne, the Bad Boy roster has seen their share of prison cells due to their stagnant music careers and ambitious attempts that fail to get their brands back to where they once were. Most recently, G. Dep, the artist responsible for the hit, “Let’s Get It,” the track that resulted in the production of a video featuring the introduction of the “Harlem Shake,” has placed his bid to live in one of the many luxurious prison cells in the US.

More specifically, G. Dep aka “Ghetto Dependent” and who’s known to the judge and jury as Trevell Gerald Coleman, has admitted to another murder while on trial for murder. This is unfortunate because his career seemed so promising almost a decade ago but then he (Dep) fell into the “where is he now” category, as most artists with sucky ass deals usually do. Apparently, the murder he’s confessed to committing took place almost 20 years ago. Some things should just stay in the past, but is murder one of those things?

Check out MTV for more on this developing story…

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Students Get Suspended: UnF*ckDetroit’s Public School System

Skip to 1:26 to hear the story.

Seniors at Detroit’s Frederick Douglass Academy Walk Out in Protest: MyFoxDETROIT.com

I’ve heard it all. Students in Detroit are getting suspended for wanting an education that they’re being cheated out of. Most students act out when they’re not feeling their learning experience at school. These kids at Frederick Douglas Academy spoke out instead but are being reprimanded. This is definitely a hell of a way to show the students you care Detroit Public Schools!

For more on this unbelievable story, continue HERE

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Precious Knowledge: From Arizona to Milwaukee

Almost two years ago, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, signed the ‘papers please’ bill into law. Millions waited for President Obama to address national immigration policy, but nothing changed. The bill has continued to be challenged and will make its Supreme Court appearance this summer.

Something else happened soon after the immigration bill was passed. Another less visible, but equally destructive bill, was passed in the Arizona senate. House Bill 2281, known as the Ethnic Studies Ban, was targeted at a series of Chicano and Mexican-American classes in the Tucson School district. A fierce battle ensued with students and educators on one side, and the Arizona state government on the other.

You may not have heard anything about the months of protest, but one woman, Eren McGinnis, not only paid attention but filmed for an entire year in a high school. Through her documentary film, Precious Knowledge, we enter into the world of the forbidden class. In this film we get to see first-hand what all the fuss was about. It turns out that predominately Mexican and Latino schools discovered that by having Latino teachers, teaching students their history, arts, and culture improved the students grades, test scores, and confidence. When the high school seniors learned that they may lose the classes, they organized protests and publicly resisted the state’s attempt to eliminate their classes.

Hit the jump to watch the powerful trailer:

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Syracuse University Students Demand Justice For Trayvon Martin

“Tell me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” Those words were chanted repeatedly Monday evening as Syracuse University students stood in solidarity on the steps of Hendricks Chapel demanding for justice for Trayvon Martin. These students gathered in freezing, cold weather ( 30 degrees with winds blowing at 11 mph) to show support  for the cause.  SU students – regardless of their race, age or gender–held signs that demanded for Zimmerman to be held accountable for the malicious and heinous crime that he committed on the unarmed black teenager.

During the demonstration, the doors of the chapel were opened and the students were welcomed to come inside to continue their program to get out of the cold. However, the participants remained outside and endured the finger-numbing temperatures because they wanted their voices to be heard throughout the campus.

Lynessa Williams, a graduate student in media studies, was deeply saddened over the prejudiced symbolism that was associated with minorities wearing hoodies. She did not go out and purchase a hoodie in an effort to participate in the protest because like many other students, there was a hoodie already hanging in her closet. The reality of this incident hits close to home for her because she has three young nephews.

“It could have been one of them [one of her nephews] that was in Trayvon’s place,” Williams said. “So this is why I’m out here to support and raise awareness about the dangers of stereotyping.”

As the demonstration ended the organizers encouraged participants to remain vocal and active about this incident by contacting their congressman and signing a petition for Zimmerman’s arrest.

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[WATCH] Teens Rally for the #MilwaukeeJobsAct

The Milwaukee Jobs Act is a really big deal. If jobs aren’t distributed with urgency, complete pandemonium is going to break out. Our stomachs are growling and Milwaukee residents can’t keep eating a bunch of lies. Either the politicians in office start working for the people that put them there or they’ll just get voted out.

The young people in Milwaukee need the jobs the most. Their annual disturbances in public are obvious cries of boredom. In the featured video, the young people also are the loudest in the room about needing jobs. Shouts out to Urban Underground for continuing to be one of the leaders in empowering and representing the young people in the city of Milwaukee.

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