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Viral PlaqueBoyMax Plays Beats For Lil Baby & Veeze On Stream, But They Were Not Impressed PlaqueBoyMax has much better music under his belt whether Lil Baby and Veeze liked these beats or not, so it's no sweat. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025
Music Key Glock Gives Beyoncé A New Nickname After The Singer Uses Rapper's Music Key Glock's Glockaveli is the Memphis rapper's first album with his new deal at Republic Records. He is still with P.R..E. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 09, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Twerks For NBA YoungBoy During Livestream From Dubai Sexyy Red is once again shooting her shot at NBA YoungBoy following the rapper's recent release from prison. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Drake Continues To Outclass His Opponents With Massive Spotify Streaming Numbers Not only do Drake fans have a new PARTYNEXTDOOR collab album to listen to, but they're revisiting his catalog ahead of the next project. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music OutKast Are Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees For The First Time Hopefully, OutKast will be immediate locks. By Zachary Horvath February 12, 2025
Music How Bob Marley & The Wailers “Get Up Stand Up” Became Hip-Hop’s Spiritual Predecessor These samples and interpolations of Bob Marley & The Wailers "Get Up Stand Up" capture the song's essence through hip-hop's lens. By Aron A. February 08, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Performance Earns FCC Complaints From Drake Fans & More The FCC got 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show, over 100 about Rihanna's, and over 1300 about Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's. By Caroline Fisher March 26, 2025
Music Kanye West & DJ Akademiks Discuss Their Interview And Ak Explains How It Happened DJ Akademiks previously told rappers who got dragged in this upcoming interview to take it up with Kanye West, not with him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Music Kay Flock Found Guilty In RICO Case And Subjected To Possible Life Sentence Kay Flock has been in custody since December of 2021, when he turned himself in for the murder of Hwascar Hernandez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Lil Durk Trial Could Face Delay Until 2026 Due To "Complex" Case Lil Durk and his legal team disagree with prosecutors and defense attorneys, as he wants to face trial this October as previously scheduled. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2025
Music Hotboii Arrested In Orlando Months After Beating RICO case Hotboii is in hot water right now. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 02, 2025
Music NBA Ben 10 Calls Out AllStar JR For Peddling Fake Narrative About Shooting NBA Ben 10 was recently seen sporting a neck brace after the Houston shooting that AllStar JR has been trolling him over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026