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Music Lil Durk Trial's Jury Selection Hits A Snag Due To Juror Saying He Looks Guilty This update on the Lil Durk trial is part of the reason why jury selection has reportedly been going slower than expected. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Music J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" Officially Falls Off The Billboard 200 J. Cole released "The Fall-Off" back in February, and now, the album finds itself in a peculiar position months later. By Alexander Cole June 23, 2026
Music Tay Keith's Family Honors Late Producer's Legacy In Statement Tay Keith, real name BryTavious Chambers, tragically passed away earlier this week at the age of 29 in Tennessee. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music Eve Delivers A Phenomenal Tiny Desk Performance Eve appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk today as the famous publication pays homage to BET's influence for Black Music Month. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Music Akademiks Reacts To Trap Lore Ross's Video Claiming Drake’s OVO Is A Gang Drake recently gifted Akademiks an OVO chain following the release of "ICEMAN." By Aron A. June 13, 2026
Music Dave Chappelle Jokes About Missing Out On Sex With Diddy & Cassie In New Netflix Special Dave Chappelle is already making plenty of headlines for the jokes from his newest Netflix special, "The Unstoppable..." By Cole Blake December 22, 2025
Music Detroit Police Arrest Suspect In Skilla Baby Shooting After Searching Their Home Skilla Baby popped out to perform with 42 Dugg in their home city of Detroit just days after a bullet grazed his head in a drive-by shooting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music Machine Gun Kelly Responds To Homophobic Backlash Over His New Pop Single "Cliché" Machine Gun Kelly has a new single out called "Cliché" and it has been getting a whole lot of hate online these days. By Alexander Cole May 27, 2025
Music Two Suspects Arrested In LGP Qua Murder Case While Another Suspect Remains At Large Police officials accused three men of murdering Philadelphia rapper LGP Qua after trying to rob him on Mother's Day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Original Content Top 10 Kevin Gates Deep Cuts 10 of the more slept on classics from the catalog of Luca Brasi. By Maxwell Cavaseno May 10, 2017
Profiles Behind The Beat: Brandon Thomas HNHH's new series "Behind The Beat" profiles unique producers that are looking to change the soundscape. By Angus Walker March 02, 2015
Music DJ Paul & Project Pat Explain Why Sampling Three Six Mafia Guarantees Success The formula undefeated to date. By Devin Ch June 13, 2018