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Pop Culture Massive New York Celebrations Announced For Biggie's 50th Birthday The Empire State Building will light up for the Notorious B.I.G.'s 50th birthday. By Rex Provost May 17, 2022
Music Snoop Dogg Celebrates 27 Years Of "Doggystyle" Twenty-seven years ago, Snoop Dogg changed the game with the release of his Dr. Dre-produced debut "Doggystyle." By Mitch Findlay November 23, 2020
Pop Culture Joe Budden Says Rappers Should Have To Take A "Hip-Hop SAT Test" Before Signing Record Deal The former rapper made the comments in a recent appearance on the "Earn Your Leisure" podcast. By Isaac Fontes December 22, 2022
Original Content Ciara's Best Hits From The 2000s Ciara has been a dominating force in R&B and Hip Hop, and we're taking a look at her best jams from the 2000s that defined an era. By Erika Marie May 17, 2023
Pop Culture DMX's "Know What I Am" Posthumous Single Reportedly A "Fake" Matthew "M80" Markoff claims that XRay Records took vocals that "were never intended to be released" to create the single. By Hayley Hynes June 26, 2022
Music KXNG Crooked Reflects On The Wildest Rap Conspiracies KXNG Crooked kicks off his daily rap discourse with an eye-opening stroll through the hall of hip-hop conspiracies. By Mitch Findlay September 11, 2020
Music 50 Cent Rep Denies Ciara Modelling For "Curtis" Album After Rapper Slammed For Sharing NSFW Photos Two women were hired for the LP's photoshoot, and sources say neither of them were CiCi. By Hayley Hynes September 12, 2023
Music Tupac Would Have Turned 50 Today The legendary 2Pac Shakur would have turned 50 today. By Mitch Findlay June 16, 2021
Hip-Hop History Daz Dillinger Celebrates The Magnificent Hip-Hop Class Of 1995 Daz Dillinger reflects on one of hip-hop's most influential years. By Mitch Findlay October 24, 2019
Music Wu-Tang Clan "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" Timeline: What Happened & What's Next? This extra-rare, multi-million-dollar Wu-Tang Clan album has been through a few ringers at this point. Why is it coming back, and what led us here? By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2024
Music Alex Tumay Thanks Metro Boomin For Giving Him His First Shot Seven years removed from his big break on Metro Boomin's "19 & Boomin," sound engineer Alex Tumay offers a few words on his journey. By Mitch Findlay October 07, 2020
Music Fredro Starr Says Suge Knight Wanted Him On Death Row Fredro Starr reflects on what might have been, recounting the time Suge Knight offered to sign the Onyx rapper to Death Row records. By Mitch Findlay December 09, 2020