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Music Westside Gunn Insists His Album Is Better Than DaBaby's: "Change My Mind" Westside Gunn shared a meme asserting that his album, "Pray for Paris," is better than DaBaby's "Blame It On Baby." By Lynn S. April 19, 2020
Music Pop Smoke's Housemate Denies Setting Him Up Pop Smoke's close friend and housemate, Mike Dee, has spoken about the rapper's death after being accused by fans of setting him up. By Alex Zidel February 19, 2020
Pop Culture The "Cancel Culture" Vicious Circle: From Doja Cat To 6ix9ine Many debates have been had over the merits of "cancel culture," but how do these moments of outrage actually affect artists' numbers? By Noah John August 07, 2020
Music Noreaga Shares Badass Big Pun Throwback Pic Noreaga takes a moment to pay homage to one of hip-hop's fallen soldiers -- his friend and collaborator Big Pun. By Mitch Findlay August 06, 2020
Random Swizz Beatz Explains Why Son Wore Skeleton Face Paint To Grammys Swizz Beatz's 19-year-old son wore this skeleton makeup as part of his artistic alter-ego, Note Marcato. By Noah C February 19, 2020
Music Roddy Ricch's "The Box" Hits Number One For Tenth Week Roddy Ricch remains a force to be reckoned with on the charts with "The Box" holding strong for a tenth week. By Mitch Findlay March 16, 2020
Music A Whitney Houston Hologram Is Heading On Tour In a few days, Whitney Houston will be taking the stage like never before -- as a hologram. By Mitch Findlay February 19, 2020
Music Wiz Khalifa Has Big Plans For 4/20 Wiz Khalifa is celebrating 4/20 in quarantine by partaking in the WeedMaps virtual festival, and possibly dropping a new album, as well. By Lynn S. April 18, 2020
Music Meek Mill & Tory Lanez Think Lil Baby Is Becoming A Legend Lil Baby is proving himself to some of rap's biggest names, including Tory Lanez and Meek Mill. By Alex Zidel June 12, 2020
Music Kehlani Calls Out Joe Budden For Mocking Her YG Breakup Song Joe Budden and co-hosts ripped apart Kehlani's breakup track about YG on the latest episode of their podcast. By Noah C February 19, 2020
Music Remy Ma On Her New Album: "It's Not For Radio" Remy Ma speaks about her upcoming album, "Reminisce." By Cole Blake May 16, 2020
Music DJ Premier Mourns Loss Of Mother After Recent Passing DJ Premier revealed that his 91-year-old mother has passed away, almost exactly two years after he lost his father. By Lynn S. June 12, 2020