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N-Word Note Left Inside Florida Hotel Room Where Black CEO Was Staying With His Family

AE Pictures Inc/Getty Images CEO’s Florida Vacation Marred By Racism This is horrible. Frank Davis, who is the president and CEO of the Horizon Group experienced some pretty awful racism while staying at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota with his family. Davis and his son Michael left the hotel to have breakfast and go shopping and returned to the room to find the hateful note left inside a lamp next to the bed, ABC News affiliate WWSB reported. “You’re a n—-r,” the note read. “This is something in 2018 you don’t expect this kind of thing to happen,” he told WWSB. Davis reported the note to the hotel’s general manager and filed a report with local police. Art Ovation offered the Davises a free night’s stay but they opted to leave the property because they feared for their lives. “Who knows what other kind of actions that individual who clearly knew we were there was capable of,” Davis said. “Which is why we decided to relocate and find additional lodging for the remainder of our stay.” Art Ovation general manager Matthew Simone issued an apology to the Davis family and added that “allegations such as this are very concerning to us.” The hotel is investigating the incident. This is just crazy. What kind of person does something like this? Would you have changed hotels too?

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N-Word Note Left Inside Florida Hotel Room Where Black CEO Was Staying With His Family

N-Word Note Left Inside Florida Hotel Room Where Black CEO Was Staying With His Family

AE Pictures Inc/Getty Images CEO’s Florida Vacation Marred By Racism This is horrible. Frank Davis, who is the president and CEO of the Horizon Group experienced some pretty awful racism while staying at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota with his family. Davis and his son Michael left the hotel to have breakfast and go shopping and returned to the room to find the hateful note left inside a lamp next to the bed, ABC News affiliate WWSB reported. “You’re a n—-r,” the note read. “This is something in 2018 you don’t expect this kind of thing to happen,” he told WWSB. Davis reported the note to the hotel’s general manager and filed a report with local police. Art Ovation offered the Davises a free night’s stay but they opted to leave the property because they feared for their lives. “Who knows what other kind of actions that individual who clearly knew we were there was capable of,” Davis said. “Which is why we decided to relocate and find additional lodging for the remainder of our stay.” Art Ovation general manager Matthew Simone issued an apology to the Davis family and added that “allegations such as this are very concerning to us.” The hotel is investigating the incident. This is just crazy. What kind of person does something like this? Would you have changed hotels too?

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Another L: Bootleg Rapper Ayoo KD Beat Up In ATL & Chain Snatched For Dissing Tekashi69 [Video]

(GETTY) We’ve reported on this goober Ayoo Kd being punked before… The kid’s known for being a poop-butt and taking L’s. Getting out of pocket in ATL this weekend, the buster got beat down and his chain snatched for talking greasy about… Tekashi69. LOL Turn the page for more footage from this guy’s list of “L’s.”

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Another L: Bootleg Rapper Ayoo KD Beat Up In ATL & Chain Snatched For Dissing Tekashi69 [Video]

Historic Philadelphia Burial Site Under Playground To Honor 5,000 Freed Slaves With New Memorial

Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Getty Images Philadelphia Burial Site To Honor Freed Slaves With Memorial Philadelphia’s Weccacoe Playground will soon be transformed into a historic memorial in honor of thousands of freed slaves. Discovered back in 2008 by historian Terry Buckalew, the community playground originally served as an African American Burial Ground for members of the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — which was purchased by the church in 1810. Archaeologists believe that an estimated 5,000 freed black slaves are buried 18 inches beneath the concrete, according to  Associated Press . Now, after years of deliberating amongst community members, city officials announced plans last month to renovate a section of the playground into the Bethel Burying Ground Historic Site. “This is an opportunity to fix something that fell off of our radar, and it’s a teachable moment for these young children,” Leslie Patterson-Tyler tells AP . “It’s already a gathering place, so let’s continue to gather in this place and talk about what was.” Construction of the historical site — which will be located in Philly’s Queen Village neighborhood — will require the dismantling of a “well-used” community center to make way for the memorial. Rev. Mark Tyler went on to note that he hopes the Bethel Burying Ground Historic Site will inspire thought-provoking dialogue amongst all parents and children. “I think that would be a wonderful way to honor the ancestors who are buried there,” he said to the Associated Press . “To help these children write a new and better American story.”

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Historic Philadelphia Burial Site Under Playground To Honor 5,000 Freed Slaves With New Memorial

Records On Records: Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Becomes The First Album To Hit 1 Billion Streams In A Week

WENN.com Drake Breaks Even More Records With Scorpion Drake’s  latest album has yet another accomplishment under its belt. Scorpion has now become the first album to surpass 1 billion streams worldwide across all streaming platforms in one week, according to reports from  Billboard . Post Malone’s album  B eerbongs  & Bentleys  previously owned the worldwide record with almost 700 million streams from April 27 to May 3–but Drake has officially taken the crown. The double album broke another one of Post Malone’s records (431.3 million) by accumulating over 750 million streams in the U.S. in its first week.  Those numbers should almost undoubtedly set  Scorpion  up to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with an estimated 700 equivalent album units. Though those number are less than  Views ‘ debut week, they’re still good enough to be the biggest for any album in 2018. Additionally, the album’s first single, “God’s Plan” has also become the most-streamed song of the year, earning 1.121 billion streams—making it the only song to top a billion streams in 2018. Congrats to Drake on breaking records literally every day.

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Are You Feeling It? Young Thug Feat. Lil Uzi Vert – “Up” [Video]

You might wanna wipe your laptop down with a quick dab of holy water after this one…but other than that, how do you feel about this Young Thug/Uzi collab?? Getty/YouTube

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Are You Feeling It? Young Thug Feat. Lil Uzi Vert – “Up” [Video]

Are You Feeling It? Young Thug Feat. Lil Uzi Vert – “Up” [Video]

You might wanna wipe your laptop down with a quick dab of holy water after this one…but other than that, how do you feel about this Young Thug/Uzi collab?? Getty/YouTube

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Are You Feeling It? Young Thug Feat. Lil Uzi Vert – “Up” [Video]

Growing Up Hip Hop Exclusive: Can Recovering Addict Boogie Handle The Party Scene Again?!

“Growing Up Hip Hop” Airs Thursday Nights On WeTV Fears grow for Boogie Dash as he hosts his first drunken party after just getting out of rehab for drug and alcohol misuse on the latest episode of “Growing Up Hip Hop.” The son of former Roc-A-Fella Records CEO Damon Dash insists he’s had nothing to drink, but his insistence on being around alcohol prompts one cast member to question his commitment to sobriety. Check out the clip above.

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Growing Up Hip Hop Exclusive: Can Recovering Addict Boogie Handle The Party Scene Again?!

Black Valedictorian BANNED From Giving Speech At Graduation By “Problematic” Principal Gets Support From Rochester Mayor

Nazar Abbas Photography/Getty Images Valedictorian Denied Chance To Give Graduation Speech By Biased Principal Jaisaan Lovett graduated from Rochester, NY’s University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men (an all-male charter school serving grades 7-12)as the valedictorian last month, with a full scholarship to Clark Atlanta University. He is the school’s first black valedictorian BUT his principal Joseph Munno refused to let him deliver a graduation speech. Fortunately Rochester’s Mayor Lovely Warren made sure that Lovett had a platform to deliver his speech — the City’s official YouTube channel. Check it out below: According to the Democrat Chronicle the school board was aware of the situation: In a statement issued late Tuesday, the school said its board of trustees is aware of the matter. “The Board will be reviewing the circumstances regarding what happened and looking into the related guidelines and school policies,” the statement read. “For confidentiality reasons, the school isn’t able to speak about the specifics of this situation. “UPrep wishes Jaision (sic) Lovett, the first black Valedictorian in the school’s four year graduation history, much success as he continues his education at Clark Atlanta University.” Lovett says he’d had numerous issues with Munno during his 6 years at U-Prep, including last year, when he led a five-day student strike after he said the school wouldn’t order needed safety equipment for a lab. “There’s a lot of wrong things that go on at that school, and when I notice it I speak out against it,” he said. “(Munno) is a guy that doesn’t like to be told ‘no.’” Lovett said he was never asked to deliver a valedictorian speech even though past students had done so. When he requested permission to speak anyway, he said Munno denied him. “He didn’t want to see the speech or what it said, nothing,” Lovett said. “He just said no.” Crazy right? Sounds like Jaisaan is learning about haters at an early age. Glad to see he also knows how to lean on powerful allies for support.

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D.L. Hughley Goes In On Megyn Kelly Talking New Book “How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People.” [Video]

(WENN) D.L. just dropped a book, that we must admit, has us by the title alone! LOL

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D.L. Hughley Goes In On Megyn Kelly Talking New Book “How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People.” [Video]