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Music T.I. Remembers Pharrell Taking A Pay Cut To Help Produce His First Album The Neptunes icon was charging $100K a track at the time of T.I.'s "I'm Serious," which the Atlanta trap star couldn't afford. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 29, 2023
Viral DDG Vlogs Blueface & Chrisean Rock's Wedding The YouTuber and artist showed his perspective of the "Crazy In Love" couple's Los Angeles wedding. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 29, 2023
Music Chlöe's New Single Sets The Tone For Our Weekly "R&B Season" Update: Stream Cure your winter blues with the latest edition of our groovy R&B playlist. By Hayley Hynes January 29, 2023
Music Lil Yachty's First Week Sales Projections For "Let's Start Here" Yachty's psych-rock outing is expected to push up to 24k copies in its first weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 29, 2023
Relationships Big Sean & Jhené Aiko Have Fun On TikTok With Son Noah The couple sang one of their songs and tried to determine who was who in the relationship in some cute videos. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 29, 2023
Music Charlamagne Tha God Calls Kodak Black The GOAT, Compares Him To Kendrick Lamar The radio and podcast host said that Yak and Kendrick are two sides of the same coin. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 29, 2023
Music T.I. Names His Top Five Rappers Turned Actors While the Atlanta pioneer is no stranger to the screen, he went through some classic picks in his countdown. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2023
Politics NLE Choppa Organizes Peaceful Protest In Memphis Over Death Of Tyre Nichols The Memphis MC used his social media platforms to bring people together in his home city to protest Tyre Nichols' unjust passing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2023
Music Finesse2Tymes Show Results In Fight The Memphis rapper hadn't even hit the stage when a brawl broke out between the promoter and opening act. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2023
Music Tony Yayo Speaks On 50 Cent And Other Rappers Being "Damaged" During a conversation with DJ Vlad, Yayo opened up about how rappers struggle with pain. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2023
Pop Culture Lil Yachty Talks About New Album & Being "Taken Serious As An Artist" The Atlanta native said he wants to be taken seriously as an artist and expressed his deep love for music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2023
Music J. Cole's “Procrastination (Broke)” Producer Originally Made Beat With André 3000 In Mind The producer for J. Cole's "Procrastination (Broke)” says that he was thinking of André 3000 when he made the song. By Cole Blake January 28, 2023