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Music Usher Gives Chris Brown His Flowers On Stage: "You're A Legend" The R&B crooners hit the strip club to celebrate Usher's birthday. By Lamar Banks October 17, 2022
Music Danny Brown Recalls Almost Signing With 50 Cent Danny Brown recalls when he almost signed with 50 Cent, revealing the reason why the deal didn't come to pass. By Mitch Findlay May 27, 2021
Music Pooh Shiesty Fans Voice Displeasure With New Song "Switch It Up" Fans seemingly prefer the unreleased version of the song, which had a different beat. By Alex Zidel May 21, 2021
Music Snoop Dogg Stopped Rapping About Death Following Tupac & Biggie Tragedies The rap legend spoke about rappers penning lyrics about death or gang-banging that end up manifesting into reality—like his murder case. By Erika Marie January 25, 2021
Reviews Grip "I Died For This!?" Review "I Died For This!?," Grip's Shady Records debut, is an impressive concept album that makes great artistic choices and offers plenty of thought-provoking sentiments. By Joshua Robinson September 03, 2021
Music Jon Brion Talks Mac Miller's Songwriting Process On "Circles" Jon Brion goes in-depth about Mac Miller's latest album. By Mitch Findlay January 21, 2020
Music Beastie Boys Debate Questlove About "Paul's Boutique" On "Jimmy Fallon" Beastie Boys Adam “Ad-Rock” Horvitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond chatted with Questlove and Jimmy Fallon about their new documentary and legendary discography. By Lynn S. April 10, 2020
TV Jodie Turner-Smith Recalls Gig As Model In The-Dream & Kanye West's Music Video She thought she was just going to a meeting with Hype Williams & it ended up being a video shoot. By Erika Marie February 11, 2020
Music Lupe Fiasco Debates Joe Budden About Ire With Atlantic Records Lupe Fiasco has spoken openly about his disapproval of Atlantic Records, and he talked more about it with Joe Budden on IG Live. By Erika Marie April 07, 2020
Music Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Announce New Collab "WAP" Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B about to have the summer on smash. By Aron A. August 03, 2020
Music Live Nation To Test Dive-In & Fan-less Concert Experiences Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino discusses ways to restart concerts during the coronavirus pandemic. By Cole Blake May 09, 2020
Music Alicia Keys Was "Embarrassed" After Jay Z Asked Her To Re-Record Hit Song Alicia Keys & Jay Z created an iconic song with "Empire State of Mind," but the singer recently shared that their collaboration almost never happened. By Erika Marie April 09, 2020