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Music DJ Akademiks Believes NBA YoungBoy's Label Is Hindering Him DJ Akademiks' comments about NBA YoungBoy center around the commercial performance of his new album "MASA." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Harvey Weinstein’s Attorney Shares His Prediction About Diddy’s Case Diddy was arrested last year and hit with charges related to alleged sex trafficking and racketeering, and his trial began in May. By Caroline Fisher June 13, 2025
Music Sly Stone, Frontman Of Sly & The Family Stone, Dies At 82 Sly Stone's family confirmed the news of the legendary musician's passing in a statement on Monday. By Cole Blake June 09, 2025
Music Ghostface Killah Sets Long-Awaited Classic "Supreme Clientele" Sequel Release Date & It's Closer Than You Think Ghostface Killah's Supreme Clientele introduced his fans to his alter-ego Iron Man. Ghostface had a cameo in the first Iron Man film. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 06, 2025
Music Kanye West's Offensive Tweets May Be Used Against Him In Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Kanye West has made numerous offensive and vulgar posts on X (formerly Twitter) in recent months that may come back to bite him. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Music Young Thug Has Never-Before-Seen Promo Tactic For "UY SCUTI" Young Thug has decided to use one of his nicknames as a way to try out something no rapper has most likely ever done for an album rollout. By Zachary Horvath June 04, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Reacts To Donald Trump Pardoning NBA YoungBoy And Commuting Larry Hoover There has been some confusion around how Donald Trump actually assisted Larry Hoover, but Snoop Dogg is happy to see him getting help. By Zachary Horvath May 31, 2025
Reviews Review: Chief Keef's "Almighty So" Basically another Bang Pt. 2 ... By Matt Aceto October 20, 2013
Profiles Meet Gucci Mane's Middle Man: Sean Paine We chop it up with Gucci Mane's go-to man while he's behind bars, Sean Paine. By Rose Lilah October 02, 2015
Original Content Happy Birthday, Eminem: His 10 Most Vomit-Inducing Lyrics It's Eminem's 45th birthday. Grab your chunderbucket and take a listen to his 10 most vomit-inducing lyrics. By Danny Schwartz October 17, 2017
Music Lil Yachty Claps Back At Joe Budden For Claiming He's "Not Hip Hop" Lil Yachty went for Joe Budden after the OG expressed outrage over his "Teenage Emotions" album cover. By hnhh April 25, 2017
Music Playboi Carti's 2017 XXL Freshman Freestyle Is Here Following a Boogie wit Da Hoodie, and PnB Rock, Playboi Carti's XXL Freshman Class freestyle is here. By Q. K. W. June 21, 2017