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Music Drake's "Certified Lover Boy" Achieves Double Platinum Status "CLB" becomes the first 2021 rap album to reach this milestone. By Thomas Galindo January 09, 2022
Music Thundercat Recalls Facetiming Mac Miller The Night Before He Died Thundercat shares more thoughtful words about his friend. By Noah C September 07, 2019
Music Gucci Mane Ties Record For Most Top 10 Albums On Billboard Rap Charts Gucci Mane hits another incredible feat in his career. By Aron A. January 05, 2018
Music Janet Jackson Was Verbally Abused, Made To Feel Like A Prisoner: Report Janet Jackson's brother reveals shocking details about her marriage. By Matt F September 13, 2017
Original Content Pete Rock Explains His Sampling Process, The Power Of Jazz, & Why Crate-Digging Will Never Die Pete Rock breaks down his extensive career, the legendary Black artists that inspired him, why crate-digging will never go extinct, the magic of live instrumentation, and much more. By Mitch Findlay February 05, 2021
Music Nicki Minaj Previews New Track: "Yikes, You A Clown You Do IT For Likes" She's back...although, she never really left. By Erika Marie February 03, 2020
Music Did Snoop Dogg Smoke Marijuana With Barack Obama? On his new 4/20 album "From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites," Snoop Dogg drops bars that imply that he once smoked with former President Barack Obama. By Joshua Robinson April 21, 2021
Music Drake Was A Music Streaming Juggernaut In 2016 Can Drake do better than this in 2017? By hnhh January 09, 2017
Music Pusha T Confirms Jay-Z Collab On New Album Steven Victor shared a snippet of Jay-Z's verse on Pusha T's new album. By Aron A. February 21, 2022
Music Drake Covers Metro Boomin's Name While Promoting 21 Savage's New Album Pettiness is the name of the game, and while Metro said there's no deep beef here, it seems like The Boy would rather take the smoke. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 13, 2024
Music Meek Mill Denies New Song Snippet Is About Nicki Minaj Meek clears the air. By Aron A. March 05, 2019
Music PARTYNEXTDOOR Offers To Leak Album Via Text Message It's time to bombard PARTYNEXTDOOR with text messages because the singer wants to leak more new music. By Alex Zidel March 23, 2020