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Original Content The A$AP Rocky Generation: How Flacko Influenced Modern Hip-Hop Far from just remolding The Dirty South's sound or serving as a fashion icon, A$AP Rocky's influence over current culture runs deep. By Robert Blair January 18, 2019
Original Content The Aftermath Of XXXTentacion's Death XXXTentacion's sudden passing exposed some of humanity’s most deplorable tendencies. By Luke Hinz June 21, 2018
Original Content What Lil Uzi Vert’s "Sanguine Paradise" & "That’s A Rack" Tell Us About "Eternal Atake" We analyze the two new singles from Lil Uzi Vert to hypothesize on what "Eternal Atake" holds. By Taylor Rubright April 10, 2019
Original Content T.I. & Tiny: Friends And Family Hustle Episode 4 Recap: Reginae Carter & YFN Lucci On The Rocks Our weekly catch-up on last night's "T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle" episode. By E Gadsby May 07, 2019
Original Content Wendy Williams' Most Savage Moments Not even Beyoncé is safe from the TV host's tasteless commentary. By E Gadsby April 08, 2018
Original Content Introducing The Discovery Channel Soundcloud Playlist: Episode 1 We've got a dope new Soundcloud playlist for fans of the internet and music. By Rose Lilah May 02, 2018
Original Content Happy Birthday, T-Pain: 10 Luscious Semi-Deep Cuts From Teddy Penderazdoun T-Pain turns 32 today. Celebrate with 10 of his choicest cuts. By Danny Schwartz September 30, 2017
Society Kanye West: The Beautiful Dark Twisted Philosopher Kanye West started with what appeared to be good-intentioned, self-improvement musings in his return to Twitter, before veering into narcissistic and political territory. What's the impact of this on the people that he wants to break out of the "simulation"? By Vince Rick April 25, 2018
Original Content The Cooking Playlist For Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving!! Whether you're actually cooking in the kitchen or relaxing with friends and family, here's a playlist to bump today. By Rose Lilah November 23, 2017
Original Content Nas Vs. Big L: Who Had The Better Debut Album? Two East Coast legends square off in the latest installment of our Debut Album Versus series. By Matt F November 27, 2017
Original Content 6 Times Offset Dunked On 21 Savage "Without Warning" Offset really showed up on this tape, huh? By Narsimha Chintaluri October 31, 2017
Original Content Will Smith Movies: Top 10 Most Action-Packed Time to break down the 10 best action films from Will Smith's legendary career. By Matt F April 21, 2019