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Pop Culture 21 Savage's Manager Confirms Album Is Coming, Praises His "Jimmy Cooks" Verse We haven't gotten a new album from 21 since 2020's "SAVAGE MODE II." By Hayley Hynes June 17, 2022
Music Benny The Butcher Disses Freddie Gibbs With Fiery New Song "Position Of Power" Benny the Butcher's new song comes after Freddie Gibbs called him out on his own track, "The Big 2," back in March. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Music Young Thug Previews Emotional New Singing Track Young Thug takes to Instagram to preview an emotional-sounding new song, sparking hype that a new project is in the works. By Mitch Findlay May 12, 2020
Music Man Who Broke Into Eminem's House & Threatened His Life Violates Probation: Report In addition to violating his probation, Matthew Hughes also allegedly assaulted a mall security officer in southeastern Michigan. By Joshua Robinson November 26, 2021
Music Azealia Banks Previews Extremely NSFW New Song Azealia Banks gets very sexual in the lyrics to her new song. By Alex Zidel May 22, 2019
Music Diddy's Judge Orders Cassie To Hand Over Memoir Drafts And Allows Anonymous Testimony Diddy's lawyers argued against the mogul's two alleged victims being able to testify against him anonymously. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Lil Baby & Kirk Franklin Have A Collab On "Space Jam 2" OST: Report Elliott Wilson reveals the cover art for Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin's collaboration for "Space Jam: A New Legacy" soundtrack. By Aron A. May 17, 2021
Music Benny The Butcher Explains 6ix9ine Feature Request Was A Prank Last year, Benny claimed 6ix9ine reached out for a feature but he recently explained that some "funny Instagram n*gga" tricked him. By Erika Marie March 16, 2021
Music Ja Rule Admits To Never Watching Fyre Festival Documentaries: “I Lived It" Ja Rule doesn't need to live it twice. By Chantilly Post October 10, 2019
Original Content 20 Hip-Hop Producers Forging The Sound Of Tomorrow As part of Black Future Month, we take a look at the producers who are shaping hip-hop sound and culture as we know it. By Robert Blair February 18, 2022
Music Man Claiming To Be Jay-Z's Son Suggests He's Getting Help From Nicki Minaj & Donald Trump Rymir Satterthwaite, the man claiming to be Jay-Z's son, failed to get the answer he wanted in court, but it seems he's still not giving up. By Zachary Horvath February 02, 2026
Music Big Sean Leaves Roc Nation Ahead Of New Album, "Better Me Than You" Big Sean spent 10 years with Roc Nation. By Cole Blake July 29, 2024