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Music Adele's “Easy On Me" Marches To No. 1 On Billboard Hot 100 Adele's "Easy On Me" landed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. By Cole Blake October 25, 2021
Random Lizzo Is Learning How To Do The Splits The "Truth Hurts" singer will soon add "can do the splits" to her resume. By Nancy Jiang October 25, 2021
Music Playboi Carti Houston Concert Cancelled After Rioting Fans Storm Through Security Gates Playboi Carti fans shut down his concert at Houston's NRG Park. By Taylor McCloud October 25, 2021
Original Content Rise & Grind: Kalan.FrFr Talks Signing With Jay-Z's Roc Nation & Marveling At His Height Kalan.FrFr details his love for Kanye West, signing to Jay-Z, and the state of Los Angeles' hip-hop scene on Rise & Grind. By Aron A. October 25, 2021
Music Jay-Z, Jadakiss, & Conway The Machine Link For "The Harder They Fall" Soundtrack Jay-Z, Jadakiss, and Conway the Machine linked up for a track on the soundtrack for "The Harder They Fall." By Cole Blake October 25, 2021
Music Summer Walker Reveals 2 Album Covers For "Still Over It" Summer Walker unveils two cover artworks for her highly-anticipated upcoming album "Still Over It." By Alex Zidel October 25, 2021
Original Content A Brief History Of Nudity & Sexually Explicit Imagery In Hip-Hop Album Artwork In light of Meek Mill's controversial "Expensive Pain" artwork, we revisit some of Hip-Hop's most sexually explicit album covers. By Joshua Robinson October 25, 2021
Music Kanye West Buys All Remaining Seats At NYC Dance Show, Brings Swizz Beatz As Guest Ye saw an ad for the exhibition and bought out the whole venue. By Taylor McCloud October 25, 2021
Music Kodak Black Is Eligible To Be Nominated For Nine GRAMMY Awards Kodak Black is eligible to be nominated for several GRAMMY awards. By Cole Blake October 25, 2021
Music Doug E. Fresh Says Biz Markie's Verse On His New Album Is The Last He Ever Recorded Doug E. Fresh says he got Biz Markie's final verse on his latest album. By Cole Blake October 24, 2021
Music Lil Nas X Makes Surprise Appearance At EDC In Las Vegas Lil Nas X was brought out as a surprise performer at EDC in Las Vegas, Saturday night. By Cole Blake October 24, 2021
Music Young Thug Earns Third No. 1 On Billboard 200 After "Punk" Debut Young Thug earned his third No. 1 album with "Punk," this week. By Cole Blake October 24, 2021