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J. Cole was blown away by all of the love he received from the droves of fans who showed up to see him in Nigeria over the weekend. But there was one scare that did momentarily pose as a threat to his safety. Judging by footage from the North Carolina rapper’s show at the Eko […]

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Ready Robotics, a Johns Hopkins spinout and early tenant of City Garage, is moving its headquarters from Baltimore to Columbus, Ohio, CEO Benjamin Gibbs said. The move will follow the recent closing of a $15 million funding round led by Drive Capital, a Columbus-based venture firm founded by former Sequoia Capital partners that focuses on Midwestern startups. Previous investors Eniac Ventures, RRE […]

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Hip-hop artist, Ahmad Balshe, better known as Belly, has a lot of good company backing him on his rise to prominence. Not only is an artist underneath The Weeknd’s XO imprint, he’s also got Roc Nation in the cut handling his background details and business, and apparently has a contract with Cash Money Records as […]

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Columbus City Council has approved a $2.5 million contract with Pillar Technology Group to develop an operating system for the Smart Columbus project that will analyze and share data on innovative transportation projects. The Columbus-based information technology company will develop a computer operating system that will support the long-term Smart Cities strategy, said Brandi Braun, […]

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The new and improved Gucci Mane has come a long way from breaking bottles over the heads of patrons, pushing women out of moving cars, and doing copious amounts of drugs. These days, the East Atlanta Santa is happily and faithfully married to his wife, Keyshia Ka’oir, promotes positivity throughout his various platforms, especially Twitter, […]

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Ohio State University says it will spend nearly $19 million updating Wi-Fi access, including at its football stadium and basketball arena. Ohio State trustees on Friday approved a plan to install wireless networking access points across the Columbus campus. University officials say they expect the project will be completed by December 2020 and will be […]

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Gucci Mane hopped on Instagram and threw up the kind of Flashback Friday post on April 6 that is sure to keep the debate going over who is responsible for Hip Hop’s “Trap Music” wave going for years to come. “#FBF The Day I Invented Trap Music #Guwop aka #TheEvilGenius #1017Ceo,” Gucci wrote in the […]

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If you’ve got a highly creative mind, love LEGOs, and don’t mind relocating a couple hundred miles east, LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Columbus, Ohio may have your dream job. The center, which opens this fall, is looking to hire a full-time Master Model Builder, a position only 23 people in the world have. The candidate must […]

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The “#WhoBitBeyonce” mystery that has been a trending topic on social media for the last week has finally been solved. According to a report from Page Six, the mystery woman that allegedly bit Beyonce on the face at a party is actress Sanaa Lathan. Earlier this week Lathan strongly denied it was her. Sources say Lathan had been […]

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While fans prepare to watch the championship game in the Women’s Final Four, a team that left an impression on central Ohio was honored. For two years the Columbus Quest women’s basketball team called the capital city home. The team was top-ranked in the American Basketball league or ABL, winning the league championship in both […]

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Another week another box office record for Black Panther. In what seems like a weekly occurrence, Black Panther has broken another record over the weekend. It just became the top-grossing superhero film of all time in the U.S. after surpassing the $623.4 million The Avengers made in 2012. Marvel Studios and Disney reportedly reached the milestone Saturday (March […]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio‘s largest city says the process of outfitting police officers with body cameras is ahead of schedule and should be completed by early summer. Columbus officials say more than 850 city officers already wear body cameras and a total of 1,300 should be in use by late June. The Columbus Dispatch reports […]