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Music Aaliyah's Posthumous Album To Arrive "In A Matter Of Weeks": Report Drake, Future, Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, and Chris Brown are reportedly confirmed to make appearances on the record. By Erika Marie August 26, 2021
Music Famous Dex Released From Prison Famous Dex is out of prison, mere days after being sentenced to a full year behind bars. By Taylor McCloud September 13, 2021
Music Boosie Badazz Plans To Break Cousin's Jaw Over Stolen Money "I'm steady getting drops on him, though," Boosie explained of his cousin who stole cash from him. By Aron A. March 20, 2023
Music Cordae Asked YBN Nahmir For His Blessing Before Changing Name He says he didn't pay the backlash any mind as long as his friend gave his stamp of approval before dropping "YBN" from his name. By Erika Marie October 27, 2021
Music Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Leaps To #1 On Billboard Hot 100 Lil Nas X earns his first number one, but will he be able to top it? By Aron A. April 08, 2019
Original Content Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" Is A Winter In The 6ix Reflecting on the impact of Drake's 2015 mixtape, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" on the fifth anniversary of its surprise release. By Aron A. February 13, 2020
Music Nas Unveils "Magic 2" Tracklist "Magic 2" arrives this Friday. By Caroline Fisher July 20, 2023
Music Future Still Devastated By Loss Of Juice WRLD Following the one year anniversary of Juice WRLD's death, Future took a moment to celebrate his friend and collaborator's enduring memory. By Mitch Findlay December 09, 2020
Music Kodak Black Will Drop His Album From Prison On One Condition Kodak Black explained his condition for releasing his album before he gets out of prison: make his new single "Because of You" go platinum before his birthday. By Lynn S. February 16, 2020
Music Travis Scott Reveals He's Featured On A Future & Lil Uzi Vert Remix Travis Scott is teasing a new "Pluto x Baby Pluto" remix. By Alexander Cole November 28, 2020
Music DJ Akademiks Vows To Stop Discussing Jay-Z After Joking About Black Vans Outside His Home According to DJ Akademiks, he's officially waving a "white flag" after years of publicly criticizing Jay-Z and Roc Nation. By Caroline Fisher October 14, 2025
Music Cardi B Is Headed To SNL She'll appear as the musical guest on April 7th. By Trevor Smith March 18, 2018