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Reviews Jay Electronica "A Written Testimony" Album Review While a fully-fledged solo debut continues to elude us, Jay Electronica and Jay Z have served up a fascinating collection of cerebral, forward-thinking hip-hop. By Robert Blair March 19, 2020
Original Content Dr. Dre's Top 10 Best Deep Cuts Expand your horizons. By Mitch Findlay January 01, 2020
Music Scott Storch Launches "Cannabis For Healing" Rehab Center That Offers Music Courses Scott Storch shared a video showing the ribbon-cutting ceremony of his new "cannabis for healing" rehab, The Heavenly Center. By Erika Marie August 03, 2020
Music Boosie Badazz Talks Colorism: Darker Skin Causes "Fear," Lighter Skin Seen As "Weaker" The rapper also shared that he wants his reparations. By Erika Marie January 16, 2020
Pop Culture The Weeknd Donates $500K To BLM Efforts, Including National Bail Out The Weeknd encouraged the public to give whatever they could, no matter how small the amount, after sharing that he'd donated $500K to BLM efforts. By Erika Marie June 02, 2020
Pop Culture Lil Nas X Admits He's "Cried Himself To Sleep" Feeling Guilty About His Mother He took a moment to remind folks in a since-deleted tweet that they don't know him or his life outside of the internet. By Madusa S. April 18, 2021
Music Tinashe & Roy Woods Carry This Week's "R&B Season" Playlist Plus, new music from Foushée, Greentea Peng, Q, and Galimatias. By Aron A. June 06, 2021
Music Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, & Drake's Young Money Reunion: Fans React Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Lil Wayne's YMCMB reunion "Seeing Green" has social media in a frenzied state. By Mitch Findlay May 14, 2021
Music Pop Smoke's Mom Approached With Meeting Murder Suspect's Family As the murder of Brooklyn rap star Pop Smoke gets closer to being solved, the family of one accused assailant is hoping to meet with the slain rapper's mom for a private conversation. By Keenan Higgins June 04, 2021
Music Roddy Ricch Takes Shot At Kanye West On IG Live Roddy Ricch appears pissed that Kanye West so freely devalued the worth of his Grammy nominations, taking to an IG stream to unload. By Mitch Findlay March 15, 2021
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
Numbers Megan Thee Stallion's "Good News" Goes Platinum It would appear that Megan Thee Stallion's debut album "Good News" has sold over one million album-equivalent units. By Mitch Findlay February 11, 2021