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Music Chris Brown Extends Staggering Record At The BET Awards Chris Brown is the most victorious and nominated artist in this BET Awards category's history, something he already boasted before 2025. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Original Content Pride Month 2025: Artists Who Redefined Visibility In Hip Hop & R&B Coming out in rap hasn’t always been safe or celebrated. Yet, over time, artists like Frank Ocean & Lil Nas X forced Hip Hop to pay attention. By Erika Marie June 16, 2025
Music F1 Team Uses Unreleased Kendrick Lamar Snippet In New Promo Video Mercedes has their ear to the streets. By Elias Andrews October 16, 2024
Music Ka, Iconic Underground Rapper, Dead At 52 The iconic Brooklyn rapper was 52 years old. By Cole Blake October 14, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Puts Loren LoRosa On Blast For Questioning His Credibility Loren LoRosa's criticism of DJ Akademiks concerns his coverage of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard's "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Takes Controversy Even Further In New Music Video For "Heil Hitler" This song will presumably appear on Kanye West's next album "CUCK," whose previous singles already prompted much criticism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Sees Solid Streaming Debut For Future-Assisted "Money On Money" Seeing Young Thug back in musical action with his lead single for "UY Scuti" was a feel-good moment and it looks like fans are hyped too. By Zachary Horvath April 26, 2025
Music Tay-K's Sister Claims That He Was Severely Beaten While Being Tied To An Ironing Board Prior to Tay-K's life sentence, his older sister did her best to try and lessen the blow by recounting their saddening childhood. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025
Music Deb Antney Recalls $5 Million Offer To Leave Nicki Minaj Behind Nicki Minaj's former manager Deb Antney recently opened up about her relationship with the rapper. By Caroline Fisher November 27, 2024
Music Jay-Z's Explosive Allegations Send Social Media Spiraling Jay-Z has been trending on social media since Sunday night. By Cole Blake December 09, 2024
Music 2026 BET Awards Reveal Album Of The Year Nominees: Clipse, Cardi B & More The 2026 BET Awards noms for Album Of The Year include Clipse, Cardi B, Tyler, The Creator, Wale, Mariah The Scientist, J. Cole, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2026
Music Rick Ross Mocks Drake & 50 Cent On Fat Joe & Jadakiss' Show On the most recent episode of "Joe And Jada," Rick Ross threw shade at 50 Cent and vaguely addressed why he's beefing with Drake. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2026