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Original Content Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" Turns 10: A Conversation With Anthony Kilhoffer Engineer and producer Anthony Kilhoffer reflects on the secretive Hawaii sessions, Wu-Tang's influence, and why Kanye West's magnum opus is an undeniable classic 10-years later. By Aron A. November 22, 2020
Original Content Nas & JAY-Z's Second Round: Was It Better Than The First? In one of hip-hop's most legendary battles -- that of JAY-Z and Nas -- the incredible second round goes underappreciated all too often. By Mitch Findlay July 08, 2021
Music Taylor Swift Reportedly Takes Legal Action Against Kanye West Following His Wild Allegations Kanye West's obsession with Taylor Swift dates all the way back to the infamous 2009 VMAs, and has only gotten more complex since. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music SZA Shows Off Her New Zealand Journey In Instagram Photo Dump As Fans Impatiently Await "LANA" Fans continue to thirst, adore, and beg for SZA's next project. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2024
Music Burna Boy Links Up With Gunna Amid Chloe Bailey Romance Rumors Last week, Chloe Bailey and Burna Boy were spotted holding hands in Lagos. By Caroline Fisher December 22, 2024
Music Drake Reposts A Tweet Ruthlessly Clowning J Cole On His Finsta Account Drake hit Jermaine where it hurts. By Elias Andrews August 06, 2024
Music 50 Cent Continues To Pile On Joe Budden By Digging Up Grossly Uncomfortable Clip About Sexually Pleasing Pets 50 Cent is unrelenting whenever he has a beef with somebody, and it seems like Joe Budden never got the memo. By Zachary Horvath March 04, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Introduces His New Children's Book To Memphis Preschoolers With A Read-A-Long NLE Choppa has received a tremendous amount of support from the LGTBQIA+ community for his support with performances at their events. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 21, 2025
Music Kanye West's 7 Biggest Hip Hop Feuds Rap beefs are nothing new, but Ye has quite the number of ‘em. By Demi Phillips October 23, 2023
Music Post Malone Gets Two More Face Tattoos Under His Eyes Post Malone apparently is “always tired.” By Kevin Goddard June 07, 2018
Music Trick Daddy Embarrasses Yung Miami With Childhood Throwback Trick Daddy asked fans whether they could figure out who was in the throwback picture. By Cole Blake September 10, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Responds After Alleged Court Documents From His Rape Case Surface Online DJ Akademiks is maintaining his innocence. By Cole Blake August 20, 2024