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Numbers Doja Cat Passes Drake To Become Rapper With Most Monthly Listeners On Spotify Doja Cat is officially the rapper with the most monthly listeners on Spotify with 63.6 million. By Alex Zidel October 14, 2021
Music Beyoncé Shares Cute Photos From A Beach Day With Blue Ivy & The Twins Beyoncé treats her 170 million Instagram followers with rare beach photos of her, Blue Ivy, Rumi, and Sir. By Joshua Robinson March 31, 2021
Music DJ Khaled Adds Last Minute Cardi B Feature To "Khaled Khaled" DJ Khaled has officially updated the "Khaled Khaled" tracklist after receiving some last minute vocals from Cardi B. By Mitch Findlay April 29, 2021
Music 50 Cent Still Can't Believe He Lost "Best New Artist" At 2004 Grammy Awards 50 Cent reacts to his recent Emmy Award snub by invoking one of the biggest snubs in award show history. By Mitch Findlay July 14, 2021
Music Questlove Reveals The Roots Almost Broke Up While Recording "Illadelph Halflife" The 1996 album hosted a noticeable shift in The Roots's sound & almost caused them to split. By Erika Marie April 28, 2021
Music Drake Returns To Studio For Final "Certified Lover Boy" Touches Not long after confirming "Certified Lover Boy" was in the mixing stages, Drake has returned to the studio for the finishing touches. By Mitch Findlay July 13, 2021
Pop Culture Drake Hits Up Oscars Afterparty With Daniel Kaluuya, Lena Waithe, Adele Drizzy posed for pics while it's reported Adele was enjoying herself as she sang Ja Rule & J. Lo's "I'm Real." By Erika Marie April 27, 2021
Numbers Wizkid And Tems' "Essence" Is No. 1 In R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay "Essence" is still heating up. By Milca P. September 04, 2021
Music Swizz Beatz Shares Epic Trailer For DMX's "Exodus" Album Swizz Beatz vows to "take it back to the streets" with an epic new trailer for DMX's upcoming "Exodus" album. By Mitch Findlay May 24, 2021
Music Tyler, The Creator Discusses Cancel Culture & Says Odd Future Wouldn't Have "Made It" Today Tyler, The Creator speaks on cancel culture and says Odd Future wouldn't have "made it" today. By Cole Blake August 06, 2021
Music Cardi B Shuts Down $3M 'Herpes' Lawsuit From Blogger: Report A judge threw out the multi-million dollar lawsuit over claims the rapper threatened the blogger. By Madusa S. July 11, 2021
Music 2Pac Estate Drops "Pride Month Collection" The late rapper Tupac Shakur's estate has released new merchandise line celebrating Pride Month. By Joe Abrams June 15, 2021