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Original Content Wayno On The Mixtape's Monetary Evolution, Kanye West's "jeen-yuhs" & More Wayno Clark discusses building a legacy in hip-hop, from his early days at Roc-A-Fella to his new position as Vice President of A&R at Quality Control. By Aron A. April 22, 2022
Music Lupe Fiasco Imagines A Jay-Z Vs. Lil Wayne Verzuz Battle: "I'd Watch..." Lupe Fiasco argues that a Jay-Z vs. Lil Wayne Verzuz set in Las Vegas would be worth watching. By Joshua Robinson December 24, 2021
Music 21 Savage Says Rappers Won't Work With NBA YoungBoy Because Of Loyalty To Lil Durk In another interesting soundbite from his interview with DJ Akademiks, 21 Savage explained a bit about NBA Youngboy. By Taylor McCloud September 29, 2021
Music Lil Mama Thanks Jay-Z & Alicia Keys For Saying They Forgive Her Earlier this year, Lil Mama said she reached out to both of them but went ignored, and now, she's happy to see that there is nothing but love. By Erika Marie December 22, 2021
Music 7 Out Of 10 Most Streamed Artists In 2022 So Far Are Rappers Drake, NBA YoungBoy and Juice WRLD occupy 3 of the top 5 spots. By Thomas Galindo March 12, 2022
Music Wiz Khalifa Breaks Silence Following DJ Incident In LA Wiz Khalifa admits his actions were "a bit much." By Aron A. August 05, 2022
Music Rubi Rose Reacts To Kevin Gates' Sexual "Super General" Shoutout Rubi Rose was one of many mentioned in Kevin Gates' new "Super General" freestyle. By Alexander Cole June 09, 2022
Music NLE Choppa Says He Practices Semen Retention & Celibacy Choppa is following in Joey Bada$$'s footsteps. By Thomas Galindo January 29, 2022
Music Power 106 FM, Hip-Hop Radio Giant, Acquired For $80 Million The West Coast industry giant changes ownership for the first time in decades. By Matt F May 10, 2017
Music RZA Disagrees With Lil Duval About Afrobeats Being "The Death Of Hip Hop" As far as RZA is concerned, Afrobeats is like Trap and G-Funk—genres emerging from Hip Hop's foundation. By Erika Marie February 23, 2023
Music Metro Boomin Explains Why Drake's "Trance" Verse Didn't Make "Heroes & Villains" Metro Boomin addresses the recently leaked version of "Trance" with Drake. By Aron A. January 19, 2023
Numbers NBA YoungBoy's "I Rest My Case" Sells 30K Copies In First Week HITS Daily Double also reported numbers for French Montana's "Coke Boys 6" with DJ Drama and Real Boston Richey's "Public Housing, Pt. 2." By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 14, 2023