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Music Drake, Kanye West & JMSN Lead This Week's "R&B Season" Playlist Ride out the long weekend to some smooth R&B vibes from JMSN, Drake, and Jenevieve. By Aron A. September 05, 2021
Original Content Rise & Grind: BlueBucksClan Talk L.A. Hip-Hop, "Clan Virus 2," Connecting With Quavo South Central's BlueBucksClan joins us for this week's "Rise & Grind" where they discuss their athletic past, "Clan Virus 2," working with Quavo, and the state of L.A. hip-hop. By Aron A. June 21, 2021
Music Polo G Calls Himself Tupac "Rebirthed" Polo G has a lot of confidence. By Alex Zidel March 29, 2021
Music Two Swedish Rappers Jailed For Kidnapping Rival Artist In Criminal Network Shakedown Swedish rappers Yasin and HAVAL were among 27 other people convicted for their involvement in a criminal network. By Joshua Robinson July 15, 2021
Music Coi Leray Responds To Yung Bleu Criticizing Her BET Awards Nominations Coi Leray claps back after Yung Bleu criticizes her BET Awards nominations. By Alex Zidel May 27, 2021
Numbers Kendrick Lamar Secures His Biggest Billboard Hit In 3 Years Driven by the momentum of Baby Keem's "Family Ties," Kendrick Lamar has returned to the charts for the first time in a minute. By Mitch Findlay September 08, 2021
Music R. Kelly's YouTube Channels Have Been Removed R. Kelly's YouTube channels have been removed from the platform, and the disgraced singer is prohibited from creating any new ones. By Mitch Findlay October 06, 2021
Music DreamDoll Wonders Why Women Are Mocked For "Doll" Names When Men Overuse "Lil" Critics have targeted women in the industry who have "doll" in their names, but she says there are "mad male artists" who use "Lil." By Erika Marie July 14, 2021
Numbers YBN Nahmir Claims He's "Back Onnat Old YBN Sh*t" Following "Visionland" Debut It's was reported by Akademiks that the rapper is slated to sell 4K in his first week. By Erika Marie March 31, 2021
Music Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Shooting Death Of Local Kansas City Rapper Derius Taylor pleaded guilty to shooting and killing Kansas City rapper Dominique Stafford in 2015, and he was subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison. By Joshua Robinson May 27, 2021
Music Benzino Makes It Clear Coi Leray Isn’t His Only Successful Child Benzino took to IG to have a proud dad moment for his son, Chavo. By Taya Coates May 26, 2021
Music Keyshia Cole Mourns Her Late Mother: "I Wish I Could’ve Healed Your Pain" Keyshia Cole remembers her mother in a series of heartfelt tweets. By Joshua Robinson August 05, 2021