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Music JID Fans Are Blown Away By New Album "God Does Like Ugly" JID enlisted a lot of very special guests for this album, but fans mostly praised the writing and production approach on "God Does Like Ugly." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Drake Shares Teaser For HBO's "Euphoria" Drake and Future The Prince serve as executive producers for the show. By Aron A. March 28, 2019
Music Dame Dash Explains How He & Jay-Z Competed Over Aaliyah The R&B star was (and still is) the envy of all. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2023
Music Metro Boomin Discusses Missing His Mother In Heartfelt New Tweets Metro Boomin tragically lost his mother in 2022, and he took to Twitter to express how much he misses talking to her. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Jay-Z Catches Heat For Failing To Help Dame Dash With Financial Struggles Lance "Un" Rivera believes Jay-Z should honor the Roc-A-Fella bond and get Dame Dash out of his financial rut. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Slams Megan Thee Stallion’s Team For Trying To Make Him Pay For Deposition Earlier this week, DJ Akademiks did his second deposition over Megan Thee Stallion and Milagro Gramz's case. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Pioneer Hitman Howie Tee Passes Away At 61 Hitman Howie Tee was a pioneering figure of early commercial hip-hop, and his fingerprints are on some of the biggest R&B hits of the 1990s. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Pop Culture Donald Trump Officially Pardons NBA YoungBoy & Commutes Larry Hoover’s Sentence Donald Trump had a long list of pardons released earlier today and NBA YoungBoy was on it. Larry Hoover is also getting a shorter sentence. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music The Weeknd Pops Out At Kendrick Lamar's Juneteenth Show In Los Angeles Looks like Kendrick Lamar's "Sidewalks" collaborator also wanted to see "Not Like Us" live, adding fuel to the fire of XO's Drake beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2024
Music Sexyy Red's NSFW Baby Shower Goes Viral, Rapper Drops More Throwback Content Red threw back to her song "Slob on my Ckat" as antics from her baby shower spread online. By Ben Mock January 21, 2024
Music Mack 10 & Ice Cube Haven't Spoken In 20 Years The Westside Connection collaborators were once good friends, but a disagreement reportedly over money caused a divide. By Erika Marie March 10, 2023
Pop Culture Drake Memes: The Best "Drake The Type" By Far Drake memes are among the most shared memes on the internet, becoming almost infamous...and it's hard to find a favorite! By Megan Molseed April 24, 2023