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Music Quavo Honors Takeoff During “Without You” Performance At The Grammys: Watch Quavo held up Takeoff's chain during his performance of "Without You" at the Grammys. By Aron A. February 06, 2023
Music Cardi B, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jill Biden & More Announced As 2023 Grammys Presenters The Grammys announced Cardi B, The Rock, Jill Biden, Olivia Rodrigo and more as presenters. By Aron A. February 02, 2023
Music Trippie Redd Says Hacker Held Music For $1 Million Ransom Trippie admitted that the version of "Krzy Train," his collab with Travis Scott, is the raw, unmixed original because he rushed to put it out. By Erika Marie February 02, 2023
Pop Culture Nipsey Hussle's Family Go To Trial With His Ex Over Custody Of Daughter The late rapper's family has spent years trying to work out this custody dispute. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 26, 2023
Relationships SZA Compares Drake To Regina George As "SOS" First-Week Sales Projections Surface The "Ctrl" songstress says Drizzy gave her a heads up before dropping bars about her on 21 Savage's "Mr. Right Now." By Hayley Hynes December 10, 2022
Music Metro Boomin Introduces Us To "HEROES & VILLAINS" On Our "Fire Emoji" Playlist Titles from Babyface Ray's "MOB" album made it on our weekly update too. By Hayley Hynes December 03, 2022
Music Drake Apollo Theater Concerts Postponed To 2023 Drake will now perform at the legendary Apollo Theater in January 2023. By Aron A. December 02, 2022
Music Boosie Badazz Suggests Jay-Z Isn't Musically Relevant Hip Hop surely has a lot to say about this. Boosie suggests people respect Hov's hustle more than his music these days. By Erika Marie November 30, 2022
Pop Culture The Kid LAROI, Bad Bunny, And Justin Bieber Top Apple Music's Year End Charts With 2022 coming to a close, Apple Music shows fans what the whole world has been listening to on repeat. By Balen Mautone November 29, 2022
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
Music Ed Lover Lists Jay-Z Protégé Amil As Biggest "What If" In Hip-Hop Ed Lover says that Amil is the biggest "what if" in the history of hip-hop. By Cole Blake January 17, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Blames Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef For Stalling Hip-Hop’s Progress During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks shared his thoughts on the long-term impact of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's feud. By Caroline Fisher December 30, 2025