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Sports YG Says EA Sports CEO Personally Apologized Via Phone YG received a personalized appeal from the makers of the game for the "Kaepernick" deletion. By Devin Ch August 04, 2018
Music Drake's "Scorpion" Is The First Album To Hit A Billion Streams In A Week: Report Drake's "Scorpion" makes history. By Aron A. July 06, 2018
Music YG's "4REAL 4REAL" Release Date Pushed Back Again YG came through with a new single today but the album has been pushed back. By Alex Zidel May 03, 2019
Original Content 15 Things We Learned From Kendrick Lamar's Zane Lowe Interview Takeaways from Kendrick's new 45-minute interview. By Danny Schwartz April 21, 2017
Music Montana Of 300: "I'm Locked Up Right Now" The Chicago rapper says he "will be home very soon" in an Instagram message to fans. By Trevor Smith May 20, 2017
Music T-Minus Explains How He & J. Cole Crafted "Middle Child" In A Single Day J. Cole's idea for "Middle Child" came to him, in the nick of time. By Devin Ch January 25, 2019
Music Drake Reportedly Chooses "Mob Ties" As The Next Single Off Of "Scorpion" Drake chooses a "Scorpion" fan favorite to push on Urban radio. By Aron A. December 12, 2018
Music Demi Lovato & Wale Get Into It Over 21 Savage Controversy: Curved & "Salty" The pop singer says Wale is salty since she never responded to his old tweets. By Zaynab February 04, 2019
Original Content Alternate Universe: Hip-Hop Signings That Nearly Happened We take a look at would-be deals that could have altered the course of hip-hop history. By Robert Blair March 11, 2019
Music Missy Elliott Shows Appreciation For Lil Wayne After Thoughtful Gift Tunechi presented the rap icon with a custom gift. By Noah Grant May 26, 2023
Music Young Thug's Livestream Of A Woman Painting Fuels Album Speculation Young Thug is hosting a live-stream, which shows a woman painting a spider. By Alex Zidel May 21, 2019
Music Ol' Dirty Bastard's Widow Sues Wu-Tang Over $1Mill In Unpaid Royalties: Report The world lost a monumental talent when ODB passed back in 2004, but now, his widow reportedly has a bone to pick with Wu-Tang Clan Productions. By Erika Marie February 08, 2022