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Music Kanye West Collaborator Tobias Smith Suddenly Passes Away At 43 Tobias Smith had an accomplished music career quietly behind the scenes, racking up Grammy wins and sharing his talents with AEW. By Zachary Horvath January 30, 2026
Music Best Rap Songs & Albums Of September 2024 It was another good month for music. By Alexander Cole October 03, 2024
Music T-Pain Introduced Auto-Tune To The 2000s But Credits Snoop Dogg For Making It Acceptable To Use In Hip-Hop After T-Pain reached the top of the charts with "I'm Sprung" in 2005, Snoop Dogg joined the trend with "Sexual Eruption" in 2007. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025
Music ScHoolboy Q Still Regrets Missing Out On Using Travis Scott's "Goosebumps" Beat Imagine Q and Travis on "goosebumps!" That would have been crazy too. By Zachary Horvath March 05, 2024
Music Taylor Swift Acknowledges Travis Kelce's Record-Breaking Achievement Swift did something that everyone noticed. By Tallie Spencer November 28, 2023
Music Duane “Keefe D” Davis Focus Of Search Warrant In Renewed 2Pac Murder Investigation Police have reportedly conducted a search warrant involving Keefe D in regards to the murder of 2Pac. By Cole Blake July 19, 2023
Pop Culture 7 Rappers Who Are Leos Here are the fiery rappers ruled by the sun. By Demi Phillips July 31, 2023
Music Kanye West Pulls Up To Lil Durk Trial In Los Angeles Lil Durk is currently on trial in his murder-for-hire case, and Kanye West made a grand entrance at the courthouse in Los Angeles. By Alexander Cole August 27, 2026
Music 7 Of Hip-Hop's Spookiest Music Videos Of All Time Hip Hop and horror have a long-standing relationship that dates back to the 80s. By Demi Phillips October 07, 2023
Music Cardi B Extends Apple Music Dominance With Success Of GloRilla's "Tomorrow 2" Cardi B added to her record for most number ones for a female artist with the success of "Tomorrow 2." By Cole Blake September 27, 2022
Music J. Cole Under Fire For Refusing To Tell Infamous Diddy Fight Story J. Cole and Diddy once got into it at an MTV VMAs after-party because allegedly, the Bad Boy boss tried to pour a drink on Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher March 26, 2026
Music NSYNC Might Be Teaming Up With Justin Timberlake For Their First Song In 20 Years Thanks to the upcoming next installment of the "Trolls" franchise, looks like we'll be saying "Hi Hi Hi" instead. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 20, 2023