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Music Hit-Boy Reveals "The Powerpuff Girls" Sample He Used On Kendrick Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle" The game's hottest producer broke down how he made one of Kendrick's most iconic songs. By Taylor McCloud October 26, 2021
Pop Culture Faith Evans Shares Funny Story About Biggie On 25th Anniversary Of His Death The widow of the slain rapper spoke about how important Biggie remains in her life before bringing laughs with a tale about him being "lazy." By Erika Marie March 10, 2022
Music Rowdy Rebel Argues With DJ Akademiks About 6ix9ine: "Stop Playin' With Me" Rowdy claims he "knew" that 6ix9ine would "fold under pressure" when he was arrested, but Akademiks believes no one could have predicted the outcome. By Erika Marie April 05, 2022
Music Safaree Samuels Is Done With Grammys After Spice Loses Best Reggae Album A predominately white reggae band from Virginia named SOJA took home the win and Safaree—and Johnta Austin—believes Spice was robbed. By Erika Marie April 04, 2022
Music Gunna Explains His Beef With Freddie Gibbs Gunna says Freddie Gibbs tried to do a song with him through his manager after sneak-dissing him on Twitter. By Alex Zidel January 14, 2022
Music Benzino Denies Making Fun Of Coi Leray's Album Sales, Says Account Was Hacked He has come forward to wage war on anyone who has "defamed" his name in light of being accused of joking about his daughter's debut record. By Erika Marie April 13, 2022
Music Lil Baby Reveals He Forgot To Send "Bubbly" Verse Back To Young Thug Lil Baby revealed that Young Thug sent him the song for a feature but he forgot to send it back. By Alex Zidel October 21, 2021
Reviews Conway The Machine "God Don't Make Mistakes" Review On his first and only project for Shady Records, Conway The Machine puts himself through the emotional wringer in order to deliver his definitive statement. By Robert Blair March 04, 2022
Music NBA YoungBoy Disses Lil Durk, India, King Von, Boosie, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Gucci Mane, Durk's Dad, Apple, Twitch Streamers, & More On New Song The 22-year-old rapper took shots at half the industry on his new song, "I Hate YoungBoy." By Alex Zidel February 23, 2022
Music Missy Elliott Reveals Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, Diddy, Salt-N-Pepa Mentored Her The hitmaker also says her admiration of Salt-N-Pepa was the reasons she wanted to be a rapper. By Erika Marie February 16, 2023
Pop Culture Usher Teases "GLU" Single & Music Video Starring Lori Harvey It remains unclear when the vocalist's new track will arrive, but the preview certainly has audiences hyped. By Hayley Hynes February 14, 2023
Music Tupac's Estate Reportedly Releasing New Music Soon Four previously unreleased tracks are reportedly included in an upcoming Greatest Hits album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 11, 2023