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Pop Culture Waka Flocka Flame On His Impact: "I [Brought] The Lifestyle Into Rap, I Wasn't Supposed To Do That" Waka Flocka retired from rapping back in 2020. By Hayley Hynes April 16, 2022
Pop Culture Tory Lanez's Court Hearing In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case: DA Brings Up DJ Akademiks In the full transcript from Tory Lanez's court hearing regarding the Megan Thee Stallion shooting, the DA brings up DJ Akademiks once again. By Shirley Ju June 09, 2022
Pop Culture Driver Who Killed Nicki Minaj's Father In Accident Receives 1-Year Sentence Charles Polevich, who pleaded guilty to the hit-and-run that killed Nicki's father, will pay an additional $5,000 fine. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 03, 2022
Music The Game Thanks Jay-Z For Clearing 7 Samples On "Drillmatic" The Game provides an update on "Drillmatic" after Jay-Z clears seven samples for the album. By Aron A. July 06, 2022
Music Desiigner Explains Why He Parted Ways With Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music Desiigner says that he was dealing with a "little mental thing" at the time he split from Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music Record label. By Cole Blake September 10, 2022
Music Tank Tears Up Recalling Aaliyah Validating Him As An Artist: "Makes All The Difference" Early in his career, Tank would hop on as Aaliyah's background vocals and he recently revisited a time when she encouraged him to keep going. By Erika Marie May 21, 2022
Music John Legend Fondly Remembers "Bringing Hip Hop & Soul Together" With Kanye West The superstar singer reflected on the earlier days of his career when he and Ye were making magic in the studio. By Erika Marie May 20, 2022
Music "Old Town Road" Hits 1 Billion Views On YouTube, Lil Nas X Celebrates Lil Nas X's career-defining "Old Town Road" has hit quite the milestone. By Rex Provost August 11, 2022
Music Roddy Ricch's Wireless Festival Performance Of "The Box" Goes Viral: Twitter Reacts The crowd at Wireless Festival sang "The Box" word for word — including the n-word — during Roddy Ricch's performance. By Joshua Robinson July 12, 2022
Pop Culture Fergie & Jack Harlow Share A Behind-The-Scenes VMA Rehearsal Photo Dump While hosting the VMAs, the Kentucky native surprised viewers with an appearance from Fergie while he performed "First Class." By Hayley Hynes September 09, 2022
Music Bow Wow Reflects On DMX's "Party Up" Scene From "Like Mike" Bow Wow says he was surprised to hear many people's introduction to DMX's "Party Up" came through "Like Mike." By Cole Blake October 23, 2022
Music Lil Baby's "It's Only Me" Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 Lil Baby has earned his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. By Cole Blake October 23, 2022