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Music Swae Lee Dedicates Cover Of Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You" To "The Loved Ones We Lost" Swae Lee dedicated his cover of Diddy, Faith Evans, and 112's "I'll Be Missing You" to "the loved ones we lost and everyone joining this fight. By Lynn S. June 05, 2020
Music Mustard Shows Off 47-Pound Weight Loss Mustard shows us his impressive weight loss on his 30th birthday. By Rose Lilah June 05, 2020
Music Republic Records Bans Use Of The Term “Urban” Within Label The label has decided to stop using the "outdated" term. By Madusa S. June 05, 2020
Music Run The Jewels Break Down "RTJ4" With Ebro Darden Run The Jewels discuss their latest body of work "RTJ4" with Ebro Darden on Apple Music's Beats 1 Radio. By Mitch Findlay June 05, 2020
Music DaBaby Shares New Verse On "Rockstar" Referencing Police Abuse Of Power DaBaby updates his "Rockstar" record to reflect moments of police brutality and support the protests. By Rose Lilah June 05, 2020
Music Eminem's "Music To Be Murdered By" Hits One Billion Spotify Streams Eminem's "Music To Be Murdered By" continues to rack up streams, pushing past one billion on Spotify. By Mitch Findlay June 05, 2020
Music XXXTentacion "Riot" Added To Streaming Services During Protests An old song by XXXTentacion called "Riot" has been re-released on streaming services. By Alex Zidel June 05, 2020
Politics Snoop Dogg Has Never Voted, Didn't Think He Could Because Of Criminal Record Snoop Dogg shared that 2020 would "definitely" be the first time he cast his vote after being "brainwashed" into thinking he couldn't. By Erika Marie June 04, 2020
Politics Ice Cube Shatters The "Black On Black Crime" Argument Speaking on the ongoing protests, Ice Cube takes a moment to counter the all-too-common pivot of "black-on-black crime." By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2020
Music Machine Gun Kelly Tells Troll: "I Don't Want Your Racist Money" Machine Gun Kelly slammed a former fan who declared that they were not going to support his music anymore if he was going to attend a George Floyd protest. By Lynn S. June 04, 2020
Music Talib Kweli Teases New Madlib-Produced Black Star Album Talib Kweli links up with Jimmy Fallon and reveals that a new Madlib-produced Black Star album is currently in the final stages. By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2020
Music Lil Baby Working On New Music About Police Brutality Lil Baby's upcoming track alludes to George Floyd, a powerful reflection on the horrors of police brutality. By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2020