Tyler, the Creator’s foul onstage tirade

Plenty of us have been entranced, or morbidly fascinated, by Tyler the Creator’s clever, relentless rhyming and pure venom with which he performs. But his penchant for provocation has arguably crossed the line this week after he launched a personal onstage tirade aimed at Talitha Stone, a campaigner with the Australian group Collective Shout, which lobbies frequently against the spread of misogyny and has been calling for Tyler to be deported

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Embassy Warns of Threat’s of Violence Have Surfaced For Upcoming Concerts For Madonna in Russia

  A threat about a St. Petersburg concert prompted the warnings from the embassy to Madonna and her staff after the pop icon  called for the release of a band jailed for criticizing Vladimir Putin. The always controversial singer says she going ahead with the show.    Russian authorities were stepping up security after a threat […]

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20 dead in Mexico prison riot, official says

A prison riot Wednesday in the troubled Mexican border town of Juarez left 20 dead and 15 wounded, an official said. None of the dead were police or military officials, said Enrique Torres, a spokesman for the joint operation at the Cereso Estatal de Ciudad Juarez prison. Authorities called in 200 federal police agents and 50 army soldiers to help put down the riot; two helicopters and an airplane also were employed, he said.

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