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Music Drake, DJ Khaled, Joey Bada$$ & More Bring New Heat To Our "Fire Emoji" Playlist Two new collabs from Drake and DJ Khaled plus a cut off Joey BadA$$'s new EP make up the highlights on this week's updated "Fire Emoji" playlist. By Lynn S. July 18, 2020
Music Logic Postpones "No Pressure" Stream Following Friend's Accident After receiving some unfortunate news, Logic has decided to postpone his upcoming "No Pressure 101" Twitch stream. By Mitch Findlay August 12, 2020
Music Lizzo Is Up For Launching A Thong Line With Tommy Hilfiger Lizzo is ready to get cheeky with Tommy Hilfiger. By Milca P. February 24, 2020
Music Fivio Foreign Shares Coronavirus Test Results Fivio Foreign claims he was tested for COVID-19 and the test came back negative. By Alex Zidel March 30, 2020
Music Ice-T Explains Why 50 Cent & Bobby Shmurda Were The Last Real Gangsta Rappers He detailed why he believes many of today's rappers aren't as threatening as rappers used to be. By Erika Marie December 03, 2020
Original Content DJ Paul Explains Why Three 6 Mafia vs. Bone Thugs Didn't Happen, Hustling Mixtapes & New Podcast DJ Paul recounts one of his final encounters with John Singleton, artists paying homage to Three 6 Mafia, and how hustling mixtapes in high school brokered peace with the ops. By Aron A. November 03, 2020
Music Dr. Dre Vs. Diddy Could Actually Happen On Verzuz Swizz Beatz and Timbaland won't say no to a prospective battle between Diddy and Dr. Dre on Verzuz. By Alex Zidel December 02, 2020
Music Ricky Hil Reclaims His Lane As A Emo Rap Veteran With "Tryin" Tango Hotel co-founder and emo-rap star Ricky Hil drops new heat with "Tryin," the moody lead single off his upcoming full length project "SSDD." By Keenan Higgins January 08, 2021
Pop Culture Future Tells Roddy Ricch Fans Don't Want Him To Find Love In the latest issue of Musicians on Musicians, Future explains to Roddy Ricch why his fans don't want him to find love. By Ellie Spina December 01, 2020
Music Spotify Offering Labels, Artist Boost In Algorithm For Reduced Royalty Pay Out The new tool will allow labels and artists to boost songs in Spotify's recommendations. By Aron A. November 02, 2020
Music Jadakiss Revealed He Penned Diddy's Lyrics During "Verzuz" With Fabolous Jadakiss had a good ol' time during his "Verzuz" battle with Fabolous, even sharing that he was responsible for writing some of Diddy's rhymes. By Erika Marie June 29, 2020
Music Saweetie Rejected Help From Famous Relatives: "I Believe In Being Self-Made" The rapper's cousin is Gabrielle Union and her grandfather played for the 49ers. By Erika Marie August 25, 2020