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Music Busta Rhymes To Be Honored As An Icon At The 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards Busta Rhymes is set to receive the Icon Award at the BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards, next month. By Cole Blake August 10, 2022
Music Janelle Monae Comes Out As Non-Binary During the season five premiere of "The Red Table Talk", Janelle Monae came out as non-binary. By Brianna Lawson April 21, 2022
Music J. Cole Jokes About Basketball Career During Governors Ball Performance The Dreamville mogul teased that he wanted to know if he still had his chart-topping rapping skills after his stint with the Scarborough Shooting Stars. By Erika Marie June 13, 2022
Music Fans Theorize When Nicki Minaj's New Album Will Drop After Wireless Festival Tweet Nicki Minaj's fans believe a Wireless Festival tweet accidentally confirmed the release window for her new album. By Cole Blake April 20, 2022
Music DJ Envy Defends 50 Cent Against Benzino's Threats Of Legal Action The radio host calls Fif his "brother" and questions on what grounds Benzino would have a case. By Erika Marie April 20, 2022
Streetwear 03 Greedo Flexes New Chain & British Accent On IG, Drake Approves Drizzy has always been a lover of the Brits. By Hayley Hynes July 04, 2023
Pop Culture DJ Khaled Reads From Drake's New Poetry Book: Watch DJ Khaled shows off his reading chops via Aubrey Graham. By Jake Lyda June 27, 2023
Music Logic Announces New Memoir "This Bright Future" Logic announces that his upcoming memoir "This Bright Future" is now available for pre-order. By Mitch Findlay May 20, 2021
Music Quality Control's Metro Marrs Plans To Throw $20k At Brother's Graduation Looks like the Migos labelmate can't be stopped. By Madusa S. May 30, 2021
Music 21 Savage Says He Could Beat The Entire City Of Jacksonville In A Verzuz Battle The Atlanta rapper said he could take on the entire city by himself. By Taylor McCloud October 07, 2021
Reviews Meek Mill "Expensive Pain" Review A solid and often revelatory album, "Expensive Pain" certainly doesn't displace Meek Mill from his hard-earned position among hip-hop’s front-runners, but it seems unlikely that it’ll be the moment where all of his naysayers see the error of their ways, either. By Robert Blair October 07, 2021
Music Teairra Mari Trolls 50 Cent's Check Cashing Troll With Video Clip Of Transaction It's turning into a troll-ception. By Erika Marie April 30, 2019