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Music Kanye West Reportedly Wasn't First Choice For "Saturday Night Live" Season Premiere The producers were eyeing Ariana Grande to perform on the season premiere. By Alex Zidel September 28, 2018
Music Lil Wayne Celebrates "Tha Carter V" With A-List Birthday Bash Lil Wayne celebrated his latest milestones in a major way. By hnhh September 28, 2018
Music A$AP Rocky & Skepta Use Live Band To Full Potential On "Praise The Lord" Rich sax. By Mitch Findlay September 28, 2018
Music Lil Wayne Releases "Tha Carter V" Day Two Merch For The Fashion Nerds Lil Wayne dropped a fly new crewneck commemorating his "Carter V" launch. By Devin Ch September 28, 2018
Music Logic's "YSIV" Production Credits: 6ix Earns MVP Status Logic and 6ix put their musical chemistry on full display. By Mitch Findlay September 28, 2018
Music 50 Cent's Baby Mama Claps Back After He Threatened To Shut Down Reality Show "You're not gonna bully me and you're definitely not gonna bully my child." By Alex Zidel September 28, 2018
Music Ariana Grande's Troubling Tweets Have Her Fans Heartbroken Ariana Grande let off a series of concerning tweets last night. By Alex Zidel September 28, 2018
Music Wu-Tang Clan And 2 Chainz Combine In New "Wu-Chainz" Mashup DJ Critical Hype merges the hip-hop giants on new mixtape, "Wu-Chainz: 36 Trap Houses." By hnhh September 28, 2018
Music XXXTentacion's Killers Were Tracking Him: Surveillance Footage Released Recently released surveillance footage may help deliver justice for XXXTentacion. By Mitch Findlay September 28, 2018
Sports YG Performs At Vikings vs Rams Game, Receives Game Ball After TD YG was front and center for last night's shootout between the Vikings & Rams. By Kyle Rooney September 28, 2018
Music Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V" Elicits Fanfare & Heavy Praise From Hip-Hop's Best Drake, Nicki Minaj, The Game, and others reacted to the release of "Tha Carter V." By Alex Zidel September 28, 2018
Music Lil Wayne's "Carter V" Production Credits: Who Did What? The list of contributors on Lil Wayne's "Carter V" is a who's who of 21st Century hip-hop. By Devin Ch September 28, 2018