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Music Noreaga Questions Why Rap Artists "Respect" Letterman, Oprah, & Zane Lowe Over "The Culture" The "Drink Champs" host says "even going to Oprah and [Gale] is trash at this point!" as he also mentions Ellen DeGeneres. He received mixed reactions. By Erika Marie May 25, 2022
Pop Culture Ice Cube Rejected "Menace II Society" Offer Because He Didn't Want To Be Typecast Cube explains that after doing "Boyz N the Hood," he didn't always want to be seen as "the L.A. gangbanger." By Erika Marie July 18, 2022
TV Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Go After Social Network Site Triller In $28M "Verzuz" Lawsuit The hit rap battle show's creators agreed to sell "Verzuz" to Triller in January of 2021, but the platform defaulted on the deal after just two payments. By Hayley Hynes August 16, 2022
Music Black Thought Addresses People Referring To Him As An "Underrated" Artist He also spoke about opting for collaborations with artists who don't sound or have a similar vibe as his band, The Roots. By Erika Marie August 16, 2022
Music Tory Lanez Receives New Date For Felony Assault Trial Tory Lanez will be due back in court later this year after his trial date was moved back on Wednesday. By Cole Blake September 14, 2022
Music Machine Gun Kelly Honored With His Own Day In Cleveland The city of Cleveland is honoring hometown rapper Machine Gun Kelly with his own holiday. By Cole Blake August 16, 2022
Music Davido's 3-Year-Old Son Dies In Family Pool Davido's domestic workers are being questioned by police after the death of his 3-year-old son. By Cole Blake November 01, 2022
Music Jeezy Says Growing Up, Tupac's Albums Were His "Bible" "He had values, he had morals, he had integrity...I had never seen that before," said Jeezy. By Erika Marie October 31, 2022
Pop Culture Ashanti Dishes On Her New Single, "Definitely About A Real Situation" Ashanti's also explained why it took her so long to respond to Irv Gotti. By Lawrencia Grose October 30, 2022
Music Drake & 21 Savage Postpone Joint Album Due To COVID Drizzy's producer "40" contracted the virus, delaying the project's release. By Lamar Banks October 27, 2022
Music Snoop Dogg's Roller Confirms The Number Of Blunts He Smokes In A Day Snoop Dogg's roller says she's twisted 450,000 blunts since she started working for him in 2016. By Aron A. October 26, 2022
Music Mike Dean Agrees That Ye Destroyed His Empire To "Repeat Candace Owens Talking Points" Mike Dean agrees after Adam22 says Ye destroyed his own empire with his recent comments. By Aron A. October 26, 2022