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Music T-Pain Introduced Auto-Tune To The 2000s But Credits Snoop Dogg For Making It Acceptable To Use In Hip-Hop After T-Pain reached the top of the charts with "I'm Sprung" in 2005, Snoop Dogg joined the trend with "Sexual Eruption" in 2007. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025 1362 Views
Music Kanye West Calls Playboi Carti An "Agent" Who Betrayed Him In DJ Akademiks Interview Kanye West also told DJ Akademiks that Playboi Carti took "the blue pill" and made similar comments about Ty Dolla $ign. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025 3.0K Views
Music Daylyt Points Out Drake's Biggest Mistake In His Kendrick Lamar Beef Daylyt says the beef with Kendrick Lamar isn't necessarily over for Drake yet, as "there is no die in the internet world." By Cole Blake March 30, 2025 2.7K Views
Music Gunna & Justin Bieber Are Gym Bros Now Justin Bieber has collaborated with Gunna's mentor and former friend Young Thug on Travis Scott's Birds In The Trap album. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 29, 2025 3.7K Views
Music Young Scooter Tributes Pour In From Playboi Carti, Quavo, ATL Jacob, And Many Other Hip-Hop Stars These heartbreaking tributes from the hip-hop world follow Atlanta police's initial update on Young Scooter's passing, which is still vague. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2025 1.7K Views
Music Daylyt Takes It There With Brutal Bar About Capital Steez In Ruthless Joey Bada$$ Diss "WRD2MIMVA" Daylyt did drop and then delete a foreboding hint that a Joey Bada$$ diss may be coming just a few days ago. By Zachary Horvath May 19, 2025 10.9K Views
Music Joey Badass Allegedly Files "TDEast" Trademark With Top Dawg Amid Ray Vaughn Battle Joey Badass responded to Ray Vaughn's "H*e Era" diss track with "The Finals," on which he joked about a "TDEast" record label. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025 3.3K Views
Music Chris Brown Officially Charged With Grievous Bodily Harm While In U.K. Prison Chris Brown was arrested in the United Kingdom earlier this week for an alleged nightclub brawl from a few years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025 3.9K Views
Music Cassie Recalls Diddy’s 2012 Overdose At The Playboy Mansion Cassie was recently questioned about Diddy's drug use throughout their relationship, and she alleged that he was dependent on painkillers. By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025 3.0K Views
Music Boosie Badazz Goes Off On Cassie Following Shocking Diddy Trial Revelation Prosecutors and the defense went to battle yesterday over Diddy and Cassie's relationship, leading Boosie Badazz to believe in the former. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025 25.8K Views
Music Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Addresses Lil Durk's Arrest Brandon Johnson spoke on the alleged murder-for-hire charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2024 2.9K Views
Music Live Nation CEO Ordered To Attend Deposition For Travis Scott Astroworld Disaster This saga is not over yet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 24, 2024 1062 Views