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Pop Culture Regina King Honors An Icon In Netflix's "Shirley": Teaser The Oscar-winning actress stars as Shirley Chisholm in the riveting biopic about the first Black woman elected to U.S. Congress. By Erika Marie January 10, 2024
Original Content Bobby Shmurda Says You Have To Pay To Go Platinum These Days Bobby Shmurda explains why right now is "the best time to be independent." By Aron A. July 12, 2022
Original Content 10 Essential Lucki Eck$ Tracks Lucki Eck$ is different. With a style completely his own, the young, Chicago-based MC has set himself up for a huge 2015. But first, let's look at his body of work thus far. By Chris Tart November 23, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: September 21 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah September 21, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: January 30 In this new feature, we break down some of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons January 30, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Jan. 3-9) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith January 09, 2014
TV Marvel's "Phase 4": Villains We Want To See Now that "Phase 4" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been mapped out, we took a look at what supervillains that we want to see make their way into the next batch of films and TV shows. By Robert Blair July 25, 2019
Original Content Hip-Hop Halloween 2017 Photo Recap Part II On Halloween day, the hip-hop community came through with some creativity. By Mitch Findlay October 31, 2017
Politics #ENDSARS Protests & Lekki Toll Gate Shooting: Everything You Need To Know Following reports yesterday about police officers opening fire on protestors in Nigeria, we're giving you a breakdown of everything you need to know about the #ENDSARS protest situation as of right now. By Rose Lilah October 21, 2020
Original Content Ceraadi Are The Roc Nation Sister Duo Fusing Hip-Hop & R&B EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Sisters Ceraadi caught up with us to talk about their recently released EP "#GRWM" and what it's been like transitioning from YouTube stars to respected artists who are next in line in the R&B-Hip Hop scene. By Erika Marie November 07, 2020
Original Content A Dope Collection Of Sneaker-Inspired Art Yeezy made of Yeezys, owls made of OVO Jordans, + more. By Kyle Rooney September 20, 2016
Original Content Weezy Be Like: FWA's Sickest Similes Like it or not, FWA's got some fire bars. By Nicholas DG July 12, 2015