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Music Young Thug Trial: DA Investigator Caught Flirting With Female Witness Via Text Yet another controversy the prosecution is catching heat for. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 09, 2024
Relationships SZA Compares Drake To Regina George As "SOS" First-Week Sales Projections Surface The "Ctrl" songstress says Drizzy gave her a heads up before dropping bars about her on 21 Savage's "Mr. Right Now." By Hayley Hynes December 10, 2022
Music Tyler, The Creator Discusses Cancel Culture & Says Odd Future Wouldn't Have "Made It" Today Tyler, The Creator speaks on cancel culture and says Odd Future wouldn't have "made it" today. By Cole Blake August 06, 2021
Music Nicki Minaj Appears To Diss Kanye West During Essence Festival Performance Nicki Minaj seemed to call Kanye West a "clown" during a performance of "Monster" at Essence Festival on Friday. By Cole Blake July 02, 2022
Original Content Drakeo The Ruler Always Counted His Blessings: Our Final Interview With The West Coast Staple In one of the rapper's last interviews before his death, Drakeo the Ruler expressed his gratitude for being able to pursue a rap career, and was equally awestruck that he had managed to obtain such a position of power and influence within the west coast specifically. We conducted this interview with Drakeo for our "12 Days of Christmas" series on December 12, 2021, during Rolling Loud, California. By Angela Savage December 22, 2021
Music Saweetie Argues Lil Kim Had "Best Bar In Female History" On "Not Tonight" She also named her influences including Missy Elliot, Trina, Nicki Minaj, and Foxy Brown. By Erika Marie March 09, 2021
Numbers Drake, Pop Smoke, Doja Cat & More Moved The Most Album Units In 2021 Last year was a big one for several artists, including Drake, Doja Cat, Pop Smoke, The Weeknd, Adele, Lil Nas X, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, and Polo G. By Joshua Robinson January 07, 2022
Music Jerrika Karlae Asks Fans To Stop Leaking Young Thug & Gunna's Music Jerrika Karlae has pleaded with fans to stop leaking Young Thug and Gunna's music as they await trial. By Cole Blake October 12, 2022
Music Kash Doll Details How Drake Got Her Opening Up His Detroit "Summer Sixteen" Tour Date Kash Doll has nothing but respect for Drake. By Aron A. October 18, 2019
Music Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick Concert Canceled Because Of Anti-Vaxxer Backlash: Report The promoter plans on rescheduling and reportedly noted that the "majority of concertgoers in that Hip Hop demographic are not vaccinated." By Erika Marie October 28, 2021
Music DaBaby's Label & Artist, Stunna 4 Vegas, Are Being Sued This is not what "going baby on baby" is about. By Noah C August 20, 2019
Music Money Man Announces New Album "Big Money," Dropping Friday The former Cash Money-signed rapper has a new album on the way, and it drops at the end of the week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2022