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Music Bruno Mars Pranks Anderson .Paak By Wearing His Silk Sonic Wig During Vegas Show Mars grabbed one of .Paak's Ike Turner wigs and surprised him on stage during "Leave the Door Open." By Erika Marie May 31, 2022
Pop Culture Saucy Santana Teases Twerk-Worthy, Beyoncé-Sampling Summer Anthem, "Booty" Santana asked his Twitter followers to guess who's featured on the song. By Hayley Hynes May 31, 2022
Music Anita Baker & Lil Wayne Have Heartwarming Moment At Her Concert Wayne sampled one of Baker's tracks on his song "Best Thing Yet," and it's clear he's a huge fan of the R&B legend. By Erika Marie May 31, 2022
Music Run-DMC Icon Wants Rappers To Address Addiction & Mental Health In Music "Imagine if Q-Tip, Big Daddy Kane and Rakim OD’d. Every artist from Ice Cube to De La Soul would’ve made records addressing the issue," said DMC. By Erika Marie May 31, 2022
Music Lil Xan Drops Out Of His Own Tour Due To Dispute With Opening Act Lil Xan quits his own tour. By Aron A. May 31, 2022
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" Sets Impressive Billboard 200 Chart Record Kendrick Lamar’s "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" has spent 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, something only Eminem has done in hip-hop. By Cole Blake May 31, 2022
Music Tory Lanez Reflects On "Chixtapes" Influence, Says New Artists Are "Doing EXACTLY What I Was Doin" Tory Lanez says that all the sampling on the "Chixtapes" that sparked backlash is a common practice nowadays. By Cole Blake May 31, 2022
Music Pharrell Announces Release Date For 21 Savage, Tyler The Creator Collaboration Pharrell is dropping a collaboration with 21 Savage and Tyler, The Creator, next week, titled "Cash In Cash Out." By Cole Blake May 31, 2022
Music Rolling Loud New York 2022 Dates Announced Hip-hop's biggest festival returns to New York City this September. By Aron A. May 31, 2022
Music Spice 1 Mocks Funk Flex For Claiming Tupac Was The Reason For Biggie's Death Funk Flex responds after Spice 1 mocks him for claiming Tupac's lies led to Biggie's death. By Aron A. May 31, 2022
Music Bobby Brown Opens Up About Whitney Houston In New Interview Ahead of his upcoming show, Bobby Brown sat down with Fox News Digital to talk about Whitney Houston, drug abuse, and more. By Brianna Lawson May 31, 2022
Music Juelz Santana Appears To Admit The LOX Is A "Better Group" Than Dipset "Drink Champs" announce a new episode with Juelz Santana dropping this week. By Aron A. May 31, 2022