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Music Teddy Riley & Babyface Faced Off On Verzuz & The Culture Won After delays and technical issues, Teddy Riley & Babyface played their chart-topping hits that brought in 3 million viewers total on IG Live. By Erika Marie April 21, 2020
Music Wale Says Pop Artists Don't Work With Rappers Unless They're Charting Or White A fan asked Wale to work with Lady Gaga again, but said pop artists don't like rappers unless they're topping the charts. By Erika Marie April 20, 2020
Music French Montana Is 5 Months Sober, Doesn't Have Beef With 50 Cent French Montana is enjoying his 4/20 but shared that he's on the wagon. He also talked about his "beef" with 50 Cent, saying everything is all good. By Erika Marie April 20, 2020
Music Birdman Will Pay Rent For Residents In His Old NOLA Neighborhood Birdman and Cash Money offer to give back to the neighborhood that raised them in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. By Aron A. April 20, 2020
Music Does This Mean Playboi Carti Is Actually Dropping "Whole Lotta Red" Today? Playboi Carti tweets, fans go crazy. By Rose Lilah April 20, 2020
Music Ja Rule Says 50 Cent Is Petty, Explains Why Battle Won't Happen Ja Rule speaks once more on the proposed Instagram Live battle between him and 50 Cent. By Rose Lilah April 20, 2020
Music Everlast Reflects On His Past Eminem Beef On the most recent "People's Party," Everlast takes a moment to reflect on his past beef with Eminem, the only feud to make it to Napster. By Mitch Findlay April 20, 2020
Music NBA Youngboy Announces "38 Baby 2" Release Date NBA Youngboy's new album comes out this Friday. By Aron A. April 20, 2020
Music B-Real Thinks Live Music Is Done In 2020 Though he predicts that live music as we know it is done for in 2020, B-Real believes that creativity will lead to new avenues altogether. By Mitch Findlay April 20, 2020
Music Rapsody Declares Ab-Soul To Be A "God MC" The old adage of "real recognize real" holds true once again as Rapsody shows some love to Ab-Soul. By Mitch Findlay April 20, 2020
Music Run The Jewels Promise New Album Is "Relentless" Run The Jewels might be waylaid by the pandemic, but that hasn't dulled their excitement for dropping their most "relentless" album yet. By Mitch Findlay April 20, 2020
Music Lloyd Banks Wants To Do A Collab Project With Alchemist & Havoc Lloyd Banks with Alchemist on the beat? Yessirski. By Aron A. April 20, 2020