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Music Reggae Legend Cocoa Tea Dies After Cancer Battle Cocoa Tea was best known for many songs including, "Riker's Island," "Sweet Sweet Cocoa Tea," and "Young Lover." By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Saved By Security Guard In New Footage From Ohio Concert Shootout Details keep rolling in from the horrific Boosie Badazz concert in Akron, including some footage of a brave security guard. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music R Kelly Takes On Chris Brown's "Residuals" Challenge With A Candid Verse From Behind Bars Several singers have already contributed to the challenge featuring Chris Brown's song, "Residuals," including Tank, NLE Choppa, and more. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Lil Tjay & Offset Go Back And Forth Again Over Their $10,000 Gambling Dispute Offset has offered to arrange things with Lil Tjay; however, it's not really what the New York rapper is looking for. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Roasts Drake For Cryptic Hint At His Next Chapter Drake hinted that fans may be "uneasy" with the direction of his next solo album, which will be his first since beefing with Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Drake's Sound 42 Reaches An Unceremonious End On SiriusXM The end of Drake's SiriusXM station comes after he recently teased getting to work on a new project on Instagram. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Concert Shooting Gets Harrowing New Details Boosie Badazz's show in Akron, Ohio quickly went awry last night, but thankfully, everyone remains okay amid new details. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Xzibit Receives Temporary Restraining Order From Former Employee Over Alleged Death Threat Julio Garcia, the man responsible for dishing out these allegations, used to wash cars for Xzibit for a long time. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, & Wyclef Jean Deliver Powerful Tribute To Roberta Flack At Her "Celebration Of Life" A beautiful ceremony for a beautiful soul, Roberta Flack's "Celebration of Life" was handled with great care by all of those involved. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Has Fans Critiquing His Pull-Up Form After Viral Public Workout Kendrick Lamar looks to be getting in shape ahead of his upcoming, "Grand National Tour," which he's co-headlining alongside SZA. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music "I AM MUSIC" Box Sets Are Shipping, Leading Playboi Carti Fans To Believe Its Actually Dropping This is now the second time that pre-orders for "I AM MUSIC" have been posted to Playboi Carti's website. But does this mean it's coming? By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Lil Wayne & Hot Boys Hilariously Abandon Birdman On Stage In The Middle Of His Speech Lil Wayne, Birdman, and the rest of the Hot Boys have been performing a number of concerts together in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025