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Music Videos Flipp Dinero Reveals Every Rapper's Favorite Pastime On "Rich Today" Brooklyn-bred emcee Flipp Dinero gave fans a treat while on lockdown in the form of new music and an accompanying music video for a track titled "Rich Today." By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Music Ludacris Alludes To "F9" Taking Place In Outer Space While speaking with SiriusXM’s "The Jess Cagle Show," rapper-actor Ludacris spilled the beans that the upcoming "F9" sequel in the "Fast & Furious" franchise will possibly see the cast riding out in space. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Music Black Thought Brings The Bars For Whoever On "Thought Vs Everybody" Spewing fire over one extensively long verse, Black Thought reminds the world that he's still as much of a beast as he was during his days with The Roots on a new song titled "Thought Vs Everybody." By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Music KILLY & Y2K Find The Melodic Side Of Heartbreak On “OH NO” Toronto's own KILLY links with burgeoning producer Y2K for "OH NO," a track that speaks to the subject of love lost without losing a touch of turn-up thanks to a trap-laced instrumental. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Music Juice WRLD & Pop Smoke Posthumously Hold Top Spots On Apple Music Deceased hip-hop stars Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke prove their legacies will live on forever after they occupied the #1 and #2 spots on Apple Music with their posthumous albums "Legends Never Die" and "Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon," respectively. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Original Content The Weeknd's "High For This" Is For The Youth Reflecting on The Weeknd's debut and the blueprint he initiated with "High for This." By Rose Lilah July 10, 2020
Music DJDS, Tory Lanez & Rema Blend Their Cultures Together On "Simple Things" Influenced by the Jamaican culture that helped bring their "No Trust/Feel Nice" EP to life this year, DJDS linked with Tory Lanez and Rema for a new afrobeats-inspired banger titled "Simple Things." By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Music KAYTRANADA & Lucky Daye Vibe Out On "Look Easy" KAYTRANADA returns to music with his first release of 2020, a new single titled "Look Easy" featuring smooth singing sensation Lucky Daye. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Tech Juice WRLD Fans Go Off After Spotify Crash Caused By Facebook Juice WRLD fans believed that his posthumous album caused the Spotify crash but it was actually Facebook's fault. By Alex Zidel July 10, 2020
Politics Trump Liked A Tweet About Summer Walker's "Life On Earth" EP It looks like Summer Walker might have a 'yuge' fan of her new EP "Life On Earth" in the form of none other than President Donald Trump. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Pop Culture Juice WRLD's GF Ally Lotti Addresses Her Health & Announces More Albums Juice WRLD will have more posthumous albums on the way, confirms his girlfriend Ally Lotti. By Alex Zidel July 10, 2020
Music Kane Brown Is Joined By Swae Lee And Khalid On "Be Like That" Kane Brown croons about the ins and outs of love on his new single "Be Like That," and he gets help from Swae Lee and Khalid to get the point across. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020