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Original Content Who Is Lil Wayne's Artist Allan Cubas? Lil Wayne abruptly stopped his show on Saturday night, becoming frustrated in the crowds' lack of interest in Allan Cubas. By Caleb Hardy May 16, 2023
Original Content Who Is Sevyn Streeter? R&B's Hitmaking "It" Girl Uncover Florida native Sevyn Streeter's journey from girl group beginnings to R&B singer-songwriter success. By Erika Marie May 12, 2023
Original Content Bad Bitches: 10 Women Who Rep Hip-Hop HotNewHipHop looks at the women who remind us that rap is just a very, very small part of hip-hop culture. By Layne Weiss October 23, 2014
Original Content Royce Da 5'9" Explains Why 50 Cent's "GRODT" Was One Of A Kind Royce Da 5'9" explains why even the "biggest" artists of today will never be able to capture what 50 Cent brought to the game with "Get Rich Or Die Tryin." By Mitch Findlay December 24, 2020
Original Content YNW Melly's New Album "Just A Matter Of Slime": Everything We Know "Just A Matter Of Slime" will be YNW Melly’s second full-length release since his arrest. By Joe Abrams August 11, 2021
Original Content Summer Walker: 10 Essential Songs We highlight some essential listening when it comes to the talented Summer Walker. By Madusa S. July 25, 2020
Original Content Lloyd Banks' "Til The End" Is The Realest Song He Ever Wrote Lloyd Banks revealed the depth of his lyricism on "Till The End," a song that stands as one of his greatest artistic achievements. By Mitch Findlay May 27, 2020
Original Content Rise & Grind: Toosii Talks "Love Cycle" With Summer Walker & Getting Booed At His First Concert Toosii takes center stage for this week's edition of "Rise & Grind." The "Love Cycle" artist reveals that he doesn't listen to very much rap music and talks about being boo'd off stage when he opened up for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. By Madusa S. May 10, 2021
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Pusha-T, Kendrick Lamar & SAINt JHN Come Through BROCKHAMPTON, Jeezy, and Vince Staples' new releases round out this week. By Alex Zidel August 28, 2019
Original Content 03 Greedo: The Essential Tracks Free Greedo: A comprehensive starter's guide to discovering the talents of 03 Greedo. By Narsimha Chintaluri July 25, 2018
Original Content OutKast: The 21st Century’s Greatest Hip-Hop Act From "the south got something to say" to "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast have changed the game. By Matt F September 25, 2018
Original Content Where Is Dr. Dre? Tracking His Movements Since "Compton" Did you forget about Dre? By Jibril Yassin March 07, 2019