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Music Lil Wayne Beats Elvis Presley For Second-Highest Number Of Top 40 Hits In History Lil Wayne surpassed Elvis Presley's number of Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits, making him the second artist with the most Top 40 hits in the chart's history next to Drake. By Lynn S. February 12, 2020
Music Fat Joe Tried To End 50 Cent & Rick Ross's Beef: "Some Beefs You Can't Squash" He said Ja Rule and Fif may never come together, either. By Erika Marie December 20, 2019
Music Quavo Formally Launches Huncho Records Quavo announces his formal entrance as a music executive with "Huncho Records." By Aron A. April 07, 2020
Music Ludacris Talks His Influence: "I Think I Brought A Certain Light To Hip Hop" Ludacris has a career that has lasted decades, and the rapper chopped it up with "The Mogul Mixtapes" to speak about how he's impacted hip hop. By Erika Marie May 06, 2020
Music Raz B Says B2K Has Had Problems For Years: "Maybe Fizz Wants To Be Omarion" Yikes. By Erika Marie February 12, 2020
Music DMX Wants To Go Song-For-Song Against Jay-Z If DMX was to participate in a "Verzuz" battle, he would choose to go against the GOAT. By Aron A. May 06, 2020
Music KILLY & Y2K Find The Melodic Side Of Heartbreak On “OH NO” Toronto's own KILLY links with burgeoning producer Y2K for "OH NO," a track that speaks to the subject of love lost without losing a touch of turn-up thanks to a trap-laced instrumental. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020
Reviews Denzel Curry And Kenny Beats Embrace The Joys Of Collaboration On "UNLOCKED": Review ALBUM REVIEW: From out of nowhere, Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats have delivered "UNLOCKED," one of the most welcome surprises of 2020 thus far. By Robert Blair February 17, 2020
Relationships Nicki Minaj & Kenneth Petty's Wedding Rings Are Massive Does this mean Nicki's gonna be pushing out babies now? By Noah C October 30, 2019
Music NLE Choppa Evaluates Southern Rap Classics By Outkast, Mike Jones, & More Which one of these Southern hits is your favorite? By Erika Marie January 22, 2020
Music Timbaland Teases Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds 2" Timbaland teases the possibility of another Justin Timberlake reunion, floating the idea of "FutureSex/LoveSounds 2." By Mitch Findlay August 04, 2020
Music Black Thought Accused Of Stealing Malik B's Verses, Young Guru Fires Back Following the passing of Malik B, Jaguar Wright spilled the tea on The Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, and many more. By Aron A. August 04, 2020