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Relationships Cardi B's Future Plans Include Joint Mixtape With Offset & A Spanish Album Cardi B is ready for world domination. By Hayley Hynes July 01, 2022
Pop Culture DJ Carnage Explains How Drake's "Sticky" Was Made In The Studio: Watch Carnage – who also works under the house alias Gordo – produced five songs on "Honestly, Nevermind." By Hayley Hynes July 01, 2022
Music Joey Bada$$ Announces New Release Date For "2000" Joey Bada$$ announces a new release date for "2000" after pushing the album back due to sample clearance issues. By Aron A. July 01, 2022
Music Cardi B Plots Lil Kim Collab For New Album: "I Want This To Be Her Moment" Cardi B wants a collaboration with Lil Kim on her next album. By Aron A. July 01, 2022
Relationships Kanye West Shouts Out His Kids, The Late Virgil Abloh, & God On Cardi B's "Hot Shit" The mother of two also name-dropped pro wrestler Jimmy Snuka and Tupac when it was her turn to ride the beat. By Hayley Hynes July 01, 2022
Music Joe Budden Thinks Meek Mill Has "The Best Rap Song Of The Last Decade" In a recent episode of of "The Joe Budden Podcast," Joe Budden shares his thoughts on Meek Mill's classic "Dreams and Nightmares (Intro)." By Joshua Robinson July 01, 2022
Music Cardi B Explains Why She Dropped "Hot Sh*t" Without A Music Video Cardi B details the stressful process of creating the "Hot Sh*t" music video. By Joshua Robinson July 01, 2022
Music Beyoncé Shares Self-Directed BTS Footage From British Vogue Cover Shoot British Vogue releases new behind-the-scenes footage from Beyoncé's cover shoot. By Aron A. July 01, 2022
Pop Culture Michael Jackson's Nephew TJ Hints At Family Possibly Producing MJ Biopic He says it's "awful" and "very sad" that people have made allegations against the late King of Pop when he's "not here to defend himself." By Erika Marie June 30, 2022
Pop Culture Chuck D Defends "Jeopardy" Contestant Who Got Public Enemy Answer Wrong A fan chastised the contestant for her "The Funky Bunch" answer, but the Rap icon gave her some slack. By Erika Marie June 30, 2022
Music Tevin Campbell Recalls Getting Drunk & Being Rude To Wyclef Jean In The Studio It was back in the R&B icon's younger days, and things became so uncontrollable that Wyclef called Tevin's mom. Apparently, it didn't help. By Erika Marie June 30, 2022
Music Lil Tjay Is Awake & Talking Following Horrifying Shooting Lil Tjay is making significant strides in his recovery. By Alexander Cole June 30, 2022