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Music Drake Says He "Smoked" Tory Lanez In B-Ball, Lil Durk Chimes In Lil Durk wants to play ball against Drake and Tory Lanez. By Aron A. September 20, 2021
Music Mary J. Blige Names Jay-Z, Method Man Collabs As Her Favorite In Her Catalog She also spoke about a time after her divorce when she didn't have enough money to pay her ex alimony because he "spent it all." By Erika Marie February 12, 2022
Music 42 Dugg & EST Gee Confirm Collab Album On The Way 42 Dugg and EST Gee have a joint project in the works. By Jordan Schenkman February 11, 2022
Numbers Pop Smoke's Streams Increase 392 Percent Following Death Pop Smoke's streaming numbers jumped from 5 million to 24.7 million on the day of his death, after he was tragically murdered in a fatal shooting in West Hollywood. By Lynn S. February 22, 2020
Music The Weeknd Talks "Off-And-On Relationship" With Drugs & New Album Persona The Weeknd discusses "After Hours" album in new cover story for CR Men. By Noah C February 22, 2020
Original Content Drake's "Comeback Season" Mixtape Turns 13 Thirteen years ago, a young Drake made a strong impression with his second-ever mixtape "Comeback Season." By Mitch Findlay September 01, 2020
Music Sada Baby Calls Nicki Minaj's Fanbase A "Cult," Talks Being Targeted By Cancel Culture After Barbz resurfaced his old colorist and homophobic tweets last Fall, Sada quickly issued an apology. By Erika Marie February 24, 2021
Numbers Distributor Was Considering "Pay-For-Play" Streams For G-Eazy & More: Report In an explosive and thoroughly-researched piece from Rolling Stone, the inner workings of third-party stream-manipulation services -- and the labels that consider them -- are revealed. By Mitch Findlay March 11, 2021
Music NLE Choppa Makes Public Plea To Billie Eilish For Sample Clearance The rapper needs Eilish's help after he sampled her song and is now running into roadblocks. By Erika Marie September 28, 2021
Music Coi Leray Reveals Her Favorite Foods & Recalls Her Memories Of Washington Heights XXL Freshman Coi Leray reveals her "ABCs" in an entertaining new video. By Joshua Robinson June 24, 2021
Pop Culture Joey Bada$$, Baby Tate & 50 Cent Steal The Show On Our Latest "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update The first two weeks of 2022 are off to an impressive musical start. By Hayley Hynes January 15, 2022
Sports Lil Wayne Reveals Stance On Doing The Super Bowl Halftime Show It would definitely be an epic performance. By Alexander Cole June 09, 2023