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Music New York State Honors DMX With "Earl 'DMX' Simmons" Day DMX's birthday will now be honored in New York State as "Earl 'DMX' Simmons Day." By Aron A. April 25, 2021
Music 6ix9ine Denied From Seeing Daughter On Christmas 6ix9ine's baby mama Sara Molina says the rapper hasn't been making a strong effort to see their daughter. By Alexander Cole December 26, 2020
Pop Culture Ashanti Updates Fans On Condition After Testing Positive For COVID-19 After testing positive for coronavirus about a week ago, the songstress is giving fans an update on how she's doing. By Madusa S. December 24, 2020
Music Soulja Boy Explains Why He's Always Instigating Drake Soulja Boy explains why he's constantly poking at Drake. By Aron A. May 20, 2021
Music Post Malone Might Drop Two New Albums This Year Post Malone's manager says he's likely releasing two new projects this year. By Alex Zidel April 22, 2021
Music Fredo Bang Finally Hosts Concert In Baton Rouge Despite $100k Request He finally held a show in his hometown after suggesting he wouldn't do it without a healthy payout. By Madusa S. July 07, 2021
Music Charlamagne Claims Usher's Discography Tops Chris Brown's Charlamagne Tha God and Timbaland debate who would ultimately win in a Verzuz battle between Usher and Chris Brown. By Mitch Findlay March 24, 2021
Music Cordae Performs Well-Crafted Tiny Desk Concert Cordae doesn't seem to be letting up any time soon. By Taiyo Coates January 18, 2022
Music Lil Wayne Set To Headline A Show The In UK For The First Time In 14 Years Wayne ended 2021 on a high note, and is looking to keep the ball rolling. By Taiyo Coates February 17, 2022
Music DJ Akademiks Says Freddie Gibbs Could Never Achieve Gunna's "DS4EVER" Album Sales Akademiks is technically right. By Thomas Galindo January 12, 2022
Tech Kanye West Launches Donda Stem Player That Allows Users To "Customize Any Song" Kanye West launches a $200 stem player ahead of the release of "DONDA" this week. By Joshua Robinson August 25, 2021
Music Lil Nas X Says Making "Montero" Helped "Healing Many Unchecked Wounds" Lil Nas X says that making "Montero" was "therapy for me." By Cole Blake September 18, 2021