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Music Swae Lee Calls Brother In Jail For Father's Murder For The First Time: Report Swae Lee's first call with his brother who is in jail for allegedly mudering his father will be featured in his "Swae Meets World" Snapchat docuseries By Joshua Robinson April 21, 2021
Original Content Rise & Grind: Pooh Shiesty On Relationship With Lil Durk & Gucci Mane's Genius 1017 signee & South Memphis native Pooh Shiesty joins us for this week's edition of "Rise & Grind" where he details Gucci Mane's guidance on "Shiesty Season," linking up with Lil Durk after growing up on drill culture, and capitalizing off of the "Big Blrrd’" ad-lib. By Aron A. March 01, 2021
Music Questlove Explains Why Black Thought Was "Blackballed" By Fellow Emcees During an appearance on Talib Kweli's "The People's Party," Questlove reveals the harsh truth that Jay-Z once told him about Black Thought. By Mitch Findlay March 22, 2021
Music XXXTentacion's GF Jenesis Pens Letter To Late Rapper On Their Son Birthday The rapper was murdered two and a half years ago and never received the opportunity to meet his little boy, Gekyume. By Erika Marie January 27, 2021
Music Pooh Shiesty Allegedly Drives Off In McLaren In Shootout Video Released From October Arrest Footage of the shootout that allegedly involved Pooh Shiesty has been released. By Rose Lilah January 26, 2021
Pop Culture Swae Lee Opens Up About Dad's Tragic Passing: "My Brother Killed My Dad" The Rae Sremmurd rapper opened up about the sad news he received at the top of last year that his younger brother had shot his stepfather. By Madusa S. April 18, 2021
Music Watch Ashanti Pay Tribute To Biggie: "I'm A Rapper At Heart" Ashanti can spit some bars... By hnhh May 22, 2019
Music A Post Malone-Inspired Sunglasses Collection Is Being Released By Arnette Who doesn't want to accessorize like Post Malone? By hnhh May 22, 2019
Music Fat Joe Might Be Retiring: "I Think It's Time To Give It Up" Fat Joe hinted at retirement this morning. By Alex Zidel December 02, 2019
Music Black Thought Surprises Crowd At Rapsody's Brooklyn Show With A Fire Freestyle Black Thought dropped in on Rapsody's show at Elsewhere in Brooklyn to deliver a fire freestyle. By Lynn S. February 09, 2020
Music Drake Reflects On 2009 Robbery On "From Florida With Love" Off New Mixtape Drake looks back on getting robbed at gunpoint in 2009 on "From Florida With Love" off his new mixtape, "Dark Lane Demo Tapes." By Lynn S. May 01, 2020
Music Lil Baby Gives Tutorial On Maintaining Diamond-Embedded Teeth Lil Baby got expensive teeth to take care of. By Noah C March 11, 2020