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Music Kanye West Says The IRS Froze His Accounts For Owing $50 Million In Taxes Kanye West says that the IRS tried to put him in jail because he owes $50 million in taxes. By Cole Blake November 29, 2022 7.9K Views
Pop Culture Lizzo Says "Racist" History Of Music Genres Kept Black Artists From Reaching Mainstream The singer-rapper discusses her music sound, career beginnings and more in new HBO doc, “Love, Lizzo.” By Jada Ojii November 29, 2022 1248 Views
Music Metro Boomin Announces "Heroes & Villains" Short Film With Young Thug & Gunna Morgan Freeman, Lakeith Stanfield, Young Thug and Gunna star in Metro Boomin's "Heroes & Villains" short film. By Aron A. November 29, 2022 1472 Views
Music Kendrick Lamar Reflects On "We Cry Together" Ahead Of Oscars Kendrick Lamar discussed the making of "We Cry Together" as it vies for a nomination for Best Live Action Short at the Academy Awards. By Cole Blake November 29, 2022 874 Views
Music Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Returns To The Top 10 Michael Jackson's 1982 project went on to make music history decades later. By Lamar Banks November 29, 2022 2.1K Views
Music Megan Thee Stallion Covers Forbes' "30 Under 30" Issue "I can't slow down right now," says the rapper who Forbes claims earned $13 million this year alone. By Erika Marie November 28, 2022 1.9K Views
Music Conway Gives Advice To Young Rappers About Street Life He tells young stars on the rise that they need to protect the bag, protect the brand, and to create generational wealth. By Erika Marie November 28, 2022 7.2K Views
Music DJ Vlad Apologizes To Saweetie The apology comes days after DJ Vlad claimed that Saweetie's first week sales would've been higher if she did an interview on his platform. By Aron A. November 28, 2022 10.5K Views
Pop Culture Angela Yee Marks Last Week At "The Breakfast Club" As her time with the famed radio show comes to an end, Angela explains what she's going to miss the most. By Erika Marie November 28, 2022 3.3K Views
Music N.O.R.E Calls Yo Gotti & Rick Ross The Best Artist CEOs N.O.R.E. gives Rick Ross and Yo Gotti their flowers. By Aron A. November 28, 2022 2.0K Views
Music Don Toliver & Atlantic Records Deny Using Bots To Boost YouTube Stats Don Toliver and Atlantic Records have denied using bots to boost the stats for the music video for "Do It Right." By Cole Blake November 28, 2022 1019 Views
Music 50 Cent Compares Tupac & Eminem's Songs About Their Mothers Both Em & Pac rapped about having moms with drug abuse issues, but Fif believes this shows differing perspectives of white & Black America By Erika Marie November 28, 2022 13.3K Views