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Music Drake Speaks Out Following Tragic Death Of Drakeo The Ruler Drake reacts to news of Drakeo The Ruler's death. By Aron A. December 19, 2021
Music Ashanti Says Ja Rule's "Always On Time" Was Meant For Brandy Ashanti's big break may have never happened if Brandy jumped on Ja Rule's "Always On Time." By Aron A. April 07, 2022
Music Freddie Gibbs's Does Hilarious Michael Jackson Impression During "SSS" Sessions Freddie Gibbs is gunning for the King of R&B title. By Aron A. February 24, 2022
Music "Rolling Stone" Names Biggie's "Ready To Die" The #1 Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time They dropped off their Top 200 list and "Ready to Die" takes the lead with Outkast and Jay-Z rounding out the Top 3. By Erika Marie June 07, 2022
Music Notorious B.I.G. Refused To Respond To 2pac's "Hit Em Up" Lil Cease explains why The Notorious B.I.G refused to respond to 2Pac's scathing "Hit Em Up," a decision that puzzled many of his closest associates. By Mitch Findlay December 03, 2020
Music Yung Bleu Announces He's Changing His Name Yung Bleu announces his "new chapter" by revealing his new stage name. By Alex Zidel September 13, 2021
Music Matt Ox Explains How His Collaboration With XXXTentacion Materialized Matt Ox was a featured guest on "?" By Alex Zidel November 02, 2018
Original Content What Does Hip-Hop Have To Do To Win An "Album Of The Year" Grammy? GRAMMYS! Or (A Strangely Hypocritical And Downright Frustrating Adherence To A Misguided Moral Code) By Mitch Findlay February 11, 2019
Original Content 10 Essential A$AP Mob Tracks The best of A$AP Mob. By Danny Schwartz December 19, 2016
Original Content Why Redman Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time Where does Redman rank in the greatest-of-all-time conversation? And why does he continue to fly under the radar? By Luke Hinz April 07, 2019
Music Erykah Badu Responds To Fan Who Says She'd Win Battle Against Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill were pitted against each other in a hypothetical Instagram Live Battle, and Ms. Badu let it be known who would take the crown. By Erika Marie April 24, 2020
Streetwear How The Lil Uzi Vert Fit Pic Changed The Instagram Game Analyzing the influence of Lil Uzi Vert's iconic Fit Pic, and deconstructing the essential components. By Azia Egbe September 18, 2019