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Music La La Anthony Twerks To Sexyy Red In Since-Deleted TikTok Video Some social media trolls are suggesting that the 41-year-old is getting "too old" for such antics. By Hayley Hynes July 17, 2023
Original Content What Happened To Cory Gunz? After Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" catapulted the Young Money artist onto the global stage, we take a look at what's happened during Cory Gunz's 15-plus year career. By Robert Blair June 03, 2021
Original Content Drake & Cardi B's Las Vegas Residencies Are A Massive Win For Hip-Hop After decades of fighting for its due respect, Drake and Cardi B's Las Vegas residencies cement hip-hop's place at the forefront of modern culture. By Robert Blair February 01, 2019
Music T-Boz Laughs Off Left Eye Conspiracy Rumors, Talks "Disrespectful" TLC Fans In 2002, Lisa Lopes was killed in a tragic car crash, and since that time, conspiracy theories have run rampant. By Erika Marie October 05, 2020
Music Playboi Carti Sheds Tears While Remembering Fredo Santana During Concert Playboi Carti pays his respect to his late friend Fredo Santana during recent concert. By Aron A. August 27, 2018
Music 2 Chainz Weighs In On Kendrick Lamar Using His Name To Diss Drake On “Not Like Us” 2 Chainz shared his take on Kendrick Lamar's hit diss track on "The Breakfast Club." By Caroline Fisher February 12, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Achieves Highest Peak Of Monthly Listeners On Spotify For A Rapper Following Super Bowl Performance Lamar snatches the crown. By Zachary Horvath February 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Changes His Tune On Drake's UMG Lawsuit Following Bombardment Of Grooming Allegations Akademiks felt Drizzy was backing himself into a corner. By Zachary Horvath February 01, 2025
Music Too Short's Brother Wayne Shaw Killed In Oakland Shooting Police are still determining a motive. By Elias Andrews January 30, 2025
Music T-Pain Introduced Auto-Tune To The 2000s But Credits Snoop Dogg For Making It Acceptable To Use In Hip-Hop After T-Pain reached the top of the charts with "I'm Sprung" in 2005, Snoop Dogg joined the trend with "Sexual Eruption" in 2007. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025
Music MF DOOM's Notebooks Returned To His Widow After Dispute With DOOM's Former A&R Egon MF DOOM's widow Jasmine Thompson previously claimed that Egon unrightfully took the late rap legend's notebooks and acted greedy with them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Lawyer Joe Tacopina Just Beat the Case—Here Are The Hip-Hop Stars He Has Represented From Foxy Brown to YG, Joe Tacopina has been a go-to attorney for hip-hop's brightest stars. By Aron A. February 22, 2025