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Music Ray J Invites DJ Akademiks To “Pre-Party” For Diddy’s Possible Prison Release Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is in its final stages, and closing arguments began today. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Clipse & Pharrell Preview Kendrick Lamar's "Chains & Whips" Verse In New Snippet Kendrick Lamar's feature on the upcoming Clipse album "Let God Sort Em Out" supposedly caused label drama with Def Jam and UMG. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Original Content Kanye, Kendrick, & Kevin Gates: God, Grit, And The Gospel Of Rap Faith without a pulpit: How Kanye, Kevin Gates, and Kendrick Lamar turn Rap into a space for spiritual reckoning. By Erika Marie July 11, 2025
Music Offset & Cardi B Go Head To Head On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" has a brief but blazing update for you thanks to new music this week from Cardi B, Offset, JID, Rob49, Fred again.., and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music Rick Ross Gets His Own Street Name In Mississippi On Juneteenth Clarksdale's mayor Chuck Espy presided over Rick Ross' street naming ceremony in Mississippi, which was a heartening affair. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music Asian Doll Talks Broken Relationship With Her Parents: "I Have Mommy Issues BAD" The rapper claims her father was the first man to break her heart and her mother only taught her "gangsta sh*t." By Erika Marie April 21, 2022
Music Flavor Flav Reveals He Has 3 Year Old Son At 63 A paternity test confirmed that Flavor Flav has a new son. By Rex Provost May 19, 2022
Pop Culture 2022 XXL Freshman Class Includes Nardo Wick, Doechii, Saucy Santana & More Congratulations to this year's Freshman Class! By Hayley Hynes June 14, 2022
Music Lil Durk Brings Out Perkio During "7220" Tour Stop In Miami Durkio brings out his doppelganger during his Miami tour stop. By Aron A. April 20, 2022
Music Quentin Miller Recalls How A$AP Rocky Shut Down His Lyric Idea For Cardi B’s “Hot Sh*t” Quentin Miller says that A$AP Rocky had one of his lyrics removed from Cardi B's "Hot Shit." By Cole Blake September 06, 2022
Music Irv Gotti Says Nas Was Almost Featured On Jay-Z's “Can I Live" Irv Gotti says that Nas was originally planned to appear on Jay-Z's "Can I Live" off of "Reasonable Doubt." By Cole Blake August 08, 2022
Pop Culture Chris Brown Includes 6 Legendary Lyricists On His Rap Mount Rushmore Breezy revealed his top artists during a sitdown with "LA Leakers." By Hayley Hynes July 09, 2022