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Music Ice Spice Co-Signs Playboi Carti Track "BACKR00MS" After He Shouts Her Out Ice Spice is a fan of the new Carti track. By Alexander Cole January 02, 2024
Music SZA Praises Kendrick Lamar For Working “Really Hard” On Super Bowl Halftime Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's Super Bowl performance is just a few hours away. By Caroline Fisher February 09, 2025
Music Jay-Z Snags New Platinum Certifications For Some Of His Best Songs It's honestly surprising that some of these songs aren't diamond yet, as they are pretty much undisputed classics in the culture. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 24, 2024
Music Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Countdown: Year 4 1976 Explore the evolution of Hip Hop in 1976, a pivotal year marked by innovative music, the birth of breakdancing, and emerging fashion trends. By Jake Skudder June 11, 2023
Relationships Ashanti Flexes The Ring Nelly Gave Her, Reveals How He Proposed Ashanti says she was "completely" shocked by the proposal. By Cole Blake June 18, 2024
Music We'll Hold That! The Joe Budden Podcast Reacts To Drake's First Week Sales For "$$$4U" Joe Budden may have called Drake a "corpse" a few episodes ago, but first week sales for "$$$4U" showed him that Drizzy's not going anywhere. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy & Yaya Mayweather Seen Moments After Stabbing In Bodycam Footage In 2020, Yaya Mayweather stabbed the mother of one of NBA YoungBoy's children, Lapattra Jacobs. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2024
Music The Controversy About Ice Spice & Taylor Swift's Collab: All The Drama Surrounding "Karma (Remix)" Unpacking the drama surrounding Taylor Swift & Ice Spice's surprise collaboration, "Karma (Remix)." By Aron A. June 01, 2023
Viral The Weeknd Performs "Timeless" With Kai Cenat During Playboi Carti's Rolling Loud LA Set Fellow streamer Young Dabo accompanied Kai Cenat at Playboi Carti's performance, where The Weeknd showed both of them love. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Eminem's Daughter Alaina Hilariously Claps Back At "Houdini" Diss Em's newest single is a family affair. By Lavender Alexandria June 03, 2024
Music Lil Wayne Says His Influence Is Undeniable: "They All Look Like Me" Lil Wayne discusses the everlasting impact he's had on the rap game. By Aron A. December 21, 2020
Music 112 Singer Slim Refutes Claim That Group Was Hit With "Bad Boy Curse" Slim called talks of "Bad Boy Curse" conspiracy "comical" before discussing why 112 eventually broke up (and are currently in a legal battle against once another). By Erika Marie August 06, 2020