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Music Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa Announce Black Star Live Festival In Ghana The pair are reportedly gearing up for a new festival in Accra, Ghana at the top of next year. By Erika Marie July 20, 2022
Music Ice-T Calls Memoir "Split Decisions: Life Stories" A "Cautionary Tale" For Gangsters The memoir is a joint effort with the rapper's lifelong friend Spike who caught a life sentence and was released after doing a 26-year bid. By Erika Marie July 20, 2022
Numbers Future "I Never Liked You" First-Week Sales Projections Future is expected to have the biggest debut of the year. By Lawrencia Grose April 30, 2022
Music Ice T Says L.A. Rappers Don't Flex Their Jewelry: "Me, Snoop, Cube, Dre, Game, Kendrick" Still, people tried to prove him wrong, but he stood firm and added that Tupac's death was related to a chain-snatching incident. By Erika Marie September 14, 2022
Music Symba Lyrically Checks Funk Flex Over Tupac Disrespect During Hot 97 Freestyle It's all good between the two, but Symba raps: "How you wait 20-somethin' years after he died to come on this motherf*cka & keep screaming, ‘He lied!'?" By Erika Marie September 14, 2022
Music Freddie Gibbs On His Beef Philosophy: "I'm A Comedian" Freddie Gibbs wants people to know he's just kidding. By Rex Provost October 22, 2022
Music Boosie Calls Out Kanye West Over George Floyd Comments: "I Think U On Fentanyl" Boosie is fed up with Kanye West after his "Drink Champs" appearance. By Cole Blake October 16, 2022
Music Tory Lanez Touches On Legal Woes: "I'm Actively Facing 24 Years" "This is not no play-play situation," he told Akademiks of his ongoing case with Megan Thee Stallion. By Erika Marie October 04, 2022
Music Tink Alleges That Timbaland Comparing Her To Aaliyah Damaged Her Career In 2015, he claimed that Aaliyah, in a dream, told him that Tink was "the one." By Erika Marie August 12, 2022
Music Wack 100 Says Tory Lanez Is "The Real Victim" In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case Wack 100 chimes in following Megan Thee Stallion's sit-down interview with Gayle King. By Aron A. April 25, 2022
Pop Culture Pusha T Explains Why He Didn't Work With Producer Madlib On "It's Almost Dry" Pusha felt a lot of pressure to top his "Daytona" album. By Hayley Hynes April 24, 2022
Pop Culture Janet Jackson Promises New Music, Explains Why She Doesn't Care About Fame The music icon says she doesn't even have Grammys or awards on display in her home. By Erika Marie June 15, 2022