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Music RZA Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Wu-Tang Legend Explore RZA's net worth in 2024, tracing his wealth from Wu-Tang Clan to business ventures and philanthropy. Dive into RZA's successes. By Jake Skudder February 12, 2024
Original Content The Five Percent Nation: A Brief History Lesson The Five Percent Nation medallion worn by hip hop moguls such as Jay Z and Jay Electronica tends to raise a bit of controversy. We unravel the history behind this piece and what it exactly means to be a part of this Five Percent Nation. By Shirley Ju July 21, 2014
Original Content Is Tech N9ne In Top 10 Territory? It's becoming all too common that Tech N9ne gets snubbed from the "best rappers" conversation, but perhaps it's time to change the narrative. By Mitch Findlay July 31, 2020
Original Content Aaliyah's "I Don't Wanna" Turns 20, And It's Still Her Most Slept-On Record To Date Two decades later, this sleeper hit by the "Princess of R&B" is still one of her coldest records. By Keenan Higgins January 11, 2020
Original Content Top 25 Best Rihanna Songs RiRi has dominated the charts with her addictive hit singles for the past decade. We look back on the best of the best, to celebrate the singer's 30th birthday. By Courtney Miceli February 20, 2018
Original Content How Missy Elliott Changed Hip-Hop An examination of the innovations Missy Elliott made to music and culture throughout her career. By Gus Fisher February 05, 2019
Profiles Behind The Beat: Lex Luger Lex Luger is the star of the latest Behind the Beat. The Virginia producer speaks on the legacy of "Flockaveli," producing for Kanye West at 19, and exploring EDM with A-Trak. Now 25, he feels that his best work is yet to come. By Angus Walker May 18, 2016
Original Content Running The Jewels & The Game: An Argument For Killer Mike As The Top MC Of The Past Three Years <p>Ask most Hip-Hop fans who’s been running the rap game the past three years, and the answers would mostly be the same; Kendrick Lamar…Drake…maybe some J. Cole. Even with somewhat of an agreement, there’s no science to this. There’s no exact formula of determining who is on top. Is it record sales? Some would say that, and that would justify the belief that Kendrick, Drake, or Cole are on top of the game. Using that logic however would leave justification of our culture up to whoever is buying music…whoever. By Bruce Smith January 15, 2015
Original Content Ranking The 2016 XXL Freshman Freestyles We list this year's XXL Freshman freestyles from worst to best. By Patrick Lyons July 05, 2016
Sports Wrestlemania: Top-10 Main Events In WWE History Take a look back at some of the greatest Wrestlemania main events ahead of WM34. By Kyle Rooney April 08, 2018
Politics Jill Biden Net Worth 2024: What Is The FLOTUS Worth? Discover Jill Biden's net worth in 2024, a remarkable $9 million, her journey from educator to First Lady. By Rain Adams January 24, 2024
Relationships Who Is Erica Fontaine? Quavo's Rumored New Girlfriend Learn about Erica Fontaine, the former WVU gymnast who was recently spotted with Quavo at Usher's Las Vegas concert. By Aron A. July 20, 2023