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Music A Jury Is Set To Deliberate In Trial Against Smoke Dawg's Suspected Killer After almost four years since the death of Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg, a jury will deliberate in the trial against suspected murderer Abdulkadir Handule. By Brianna Lawson February 24, 2022
Music Nicki Minaj Shouts Out Coi Leray For Wearing Trendsetting Braids Nicki was showing Coi love in her Joe Budden interview. By Thomas Galindo March 12, 2022
Music Doe Boy Announces Star-Studded Features On New Album Doe Boy's upcoming album features Lil Uzi Vert, Roddy Ricch, MoneyBagg Yo, 42 Dugg, Ty Dolla $ign, and more. By Alex Zidel January 21, 2022
Music Bebe Rexha Says Grammys Pick Artists Based On "Who's Paying Off Who" The singer shared a few thoughts about the award show & joined the list of artists who call The Recording Academy "corrupted." By Erika Marie March 17, 2021
Music Jim Jones Talks Dipset "Verzuz" G-Unit: "We Want All The Smoke Wit Who Ever" The rapper responded to a meme that placed the two rap collectives in a potential "Verzuz" match-up. By Erika Marie January 23, 2021
Music Lil Durk Reveals "The Voice" Deluxe Release Date Lil Durk is gearing up to release more new music. By Alexander Cole January 22, 2021
Music Kenny Mason Explains Why He Went Vegan During The Pandemic Kenny Mason names his favorite vegan restaurants in Atlanta and explains why he went plant-based during the pandemic. By Alex Zidel July 02, 2021
Music Death Row Records Launches Virtual Museum Experience Death Row Records celebrates thirty-year history by launching "The Death Row Experience," a virtual museum tour. By Mitch Findlay May 12, 2021
Music Joe Budden Speaks Following Rory's Firing From JBP As chaos reigns on social media, Joe Budden alludes to "sabotage" following Rory's firing from the Joe Budden Podcast. By Mitch Findlay May 12, 2021
Music Bow Wow & Omarion Share Dates For Millennium Tour Ft. Ashanti, Soulja Boy, Ying Yang Twins Sammie, Lloyd, & Pretty Ricky will also be gracing the stage. By Erika Marie June 18, 2021
Pop Culture 50 Cent Reacts To Dave Chappelle's DaBaby Joke From "The Closer" 50 Cent praises Dave Chappelle's "The Closer" and comments on hip-hop culture's love for "damaged" things. By Joshua Robinson October 06, 2021
Music Big Daddy Kane Offers Update On Biz Markie's Health Last year, it was reported that Biz was hospitalized after suffering a stroke. By Erika Marie April 29, 2021