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Original Content Mixtapes: A Brief History Of Hip-Hop's Ever Evolving Tool From DJ Clue's casette tapes to major label involvement, we trace the history of the iconic hip-hop mixtape. By Michael Kawaida February 25, 2020
Music Lil Wayne Asserts His Hip-Hop Dominance & Young Thug Co-Signs If it wasn't for Wayne, it wouldn't be. By Mitch Findlay November 28, 2019
Music Noname Resents Being Labeled A "Leader" By J. Cole: "I'm Nobody's Leader" Noname asked folks to unfollow her on Twitter if they were brought to her account by J. Cole after he referred to her as a "leader in these times." By Lynn S. July 05, 2020
Music Brandy Loves Seeing LGBTQIA+ Artists Making Waves In Hip Hop Brandy recently chatted with "The Advocate" about LGBTQIA+ representation in hip hop, and she's happy to see the progression in today's culture. By Erika Marie May 11, 2020
Music Yung Lean Keeps His Alter Ego Alive With New Album "BlodHundar & Lullabies" Yung Lean drops a new album under his alias jonatan leandoer96, and the resulting LP "BlodHundar & Lullabies" is surprisingly mature and a huge step forward in his overall artistry. By Keenan Higgins December 21, 2020
Pop Culture Bobby Brown Claims He Taught Michael Jackson How To Moonwalk This isn't a story he hasn't shared before as Bobby Brown once again claims he taught Michael Jackson his signature moonwalk move. By Erika Marie July 28, 2020
Relationships Big Sean Reveals Jhené Aiko Suffered Miscarriage In New Song Big Sean revealed that he and Jhené Aiko suffered a miscarriage on his new single "Deep Reverence." By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Music Rihanna Ignites Album Speculation After Supposed Music Video Shoot It's been over four years since Rihanna released a new album. By Alexander Cole November 01, 2020
Music Young Thug & Jim Jones Are Working On New Music Young Thug and Jim Jones have been putting in work at the studio, as indicated by this promising new song preview. By Mitch Findlay September 15, 2020
Music Lil Yachty Receives All-White Ferrari Birthday Gift From Quality Control Music Back in June, it was reported that the rapper totaled his Ferrari in a car accident. By Erika Marie August 25, 2020
Relationships Coi Leray Talks "Messy" Trippie Redd Breakup, Felt He Used Her For "Click Bait" After the rap couple parted ways, Trippie Redd named a song after Coi and called her an "idiot." By Erika Marie August 25, 2020
Music Gucci Mane Reacts To Mulatto Recreating His Classic Album Covers Mulatto is releasing a song inspired by Gucci Mane this week, recreating some of her favorite moments from the Atlanta legend. By Alex Zidel July 28, 2020