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Music Jorja Smith Impresses With Cover Of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" Jorja Smith digs into her vault of personal favorites. By Devin Ch February 09, 2019
Music T-Pain Blames Himself For Unpaid "Tha Carter III" Royalties T-Pain chops it up with The Breakfast Club in this new interview. By Rose Lilah November 17, 2017
Music Wiz Khalifa Has "New Music On The Way" With A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Pittsburgh and New York are set to connect. By Alex Zidel November 08, 2018
Music Rick Ross Isn't Sure About Kanye West Anymore: "It Ain't Looking Good" Rick Ross wants to have a conversation with Kanye West about some of the things he's been saying lately, keeping an eye out for his phone call. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music Family Of YNW Melly's Murder Victim Give "100% Support" For Death Penalty Things are not looking good for Melly. By Aida C. June 02, 2019
Music Latto Gets Gun Charge Dismissed After Community Service The rapper can now move forward with her career. By Noah Grant April 25, 2023
Music Nas, Mary J. Blige, More Announced For Blue Note Jazz Festival The Blue Note Jazz Festival has added many exceptional artists to its line up. By Noah Grant April 04, 2023
Music Fans Call Out Publication For Mistaking Skepta For Wiley In Antisemitism Article Wiley was striped of his MBE for previous antisemitic comments. By Cole Blake February 26, 2024
Politics Saddam Hussein Loved Him Some Mary J. Blige “He’d always stop tuning [the radio] if he stumbled across a Mary J. Blige song." By Danny Schwartz June 05, 2017
Music Lil Mama Remixes Mooski's "Track Star" & Shares Snippet Of Bossy Bars The #TrackStarChallenge has been taking over thanks to Mooski's hit song, & Lil Mama shared a snippet of her remix. By Erika Marie March 24, 2021
Music MGK Praises Travis Barker's "OG" Presence: "I Needed That Figure In My Life" Machine Gun Kelly explains how "Tickets To My Downfall" collaborator Travis Barker helped bring stability to his life. By Mitch Findlay September 30, 2020
Music Ellis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Icon, Dies From COVID-19 Complications At 85 Ellis Marsalis Jr. is a legend and music icon in the genre of jazz and beyond, and it's being reported that he passed away due to COVID-19 complications. By Erika Marie April 02, 2020