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Music Famous Dex Returns Home After Rehab Stint The rapper entered a recovery facility about a month ago. By Madusa S. January 23, 2021 3.6K Views
Music Jim Jones Talks Dipset "Verzuz" G-Unit: "We Want All The Smoke Wit Who Ever" The rapper responded to a meme that placed the two rap collectives in a potential "Verzuz" match-up. By Erika Marie January 23, 2021 11.2K Views
Music Pepa Struggled With Sharing Alleged Abuse By Treach In "Salt-N-Pepa" Biopic As DJ Spinderella publicly states that she does not support the film, Pepa spoke about her ex-husband & the desire to depict the good side of their relationship. By Erika Marie January 23, 2021 12.6K Views
Music Lil Flip Entertains The Idea Of T.I. "Verzuz": "It's Gon' Take a Real Nice Bag" The H-Town rapper once had beef with Tip years ago, and Flip let it be known that he would best any opponent on "Verzuz." By Erika Marie January 22, 2021 49.3K Views
Music Keyshia Cole's Sister Elite Noel Angered Over O.T. Genasis "Verzuz" Appearance Elite couldn't forget the things the rapper said about their mother, Frankie Lons, during his beef with Cole. By Erika Marie January 22, 2021 12.5K Views
Music Lil Baby "Definitely Didn't See" The Star Quality Young Thug Knew He Had Thugger encouraged Lil Baby to get out of the streets and into the studio, but Baby admitted that he wasn't as convinced as his friend was about his success. By Erika Marie January 22, 2021 5.8K Views
Music DaniLeigh Deactives, Then Reactivates, Twitter Amid "Yellow Bone" Colorism Conversation After singing "yellow bone is what he wants," the Def Jam artist faced accusations of colorism—especially after old tweets resurfaced. By Erika Marie January 22, 2021 5.0K Views
Music Lil Durk Reveals "The Voice" Deluxe Release Date Lil Durk is gearing up to release more new music. By Alexander Cole January 22, 2021 9.6K Views
Pop Culture Ashanti & Keyshia Cole Have Tense Moment During "Verzuz" Battle Viewers are reflecting on a tense moment shared between the two R&B crooners during last night's "Verzuz" battle. By Madusa S. January 22, 2021 43.9K Views
Music Yo Gotti Gifts CMG Signee 42 Dugg A Colossal Diamond Dog Chain The 26-year-old Detroit native was gifted a flashy chain from the label head. By Madusa S. January 22, 2021 31.0K Views
Original Content From King Von's "Exposin Me" To CJ's "Whoopty": A Hindi Love Song Turned Drill Beat We look at how a Hindi vocal sample ended up burrowing its way into Brooklyn drill, and beyond. By Aron A. January 22, 2021 32.1K Views
Pop Culture Pop Smoke's Parents Debut Anti-Gun Violence PSA His parents also cited a list of things the late rapper will never be able to do due to gun violence. By Madusa S. January 22, 2021 2.3K Views