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Numbers Playboi Carti's "Whole Lotta Red" Surpasses 500,000 Sales, Earns RIAA Gold Certification Shoutout all the Vamps. By Taylor McCloud December 09, 2021
Music The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death" Gets Ultimate Box Set For 25th Anniversary It's been nearly 25 years since the release of Biggie's "Life After Death" and his estate is dropping a box set to celebrate the milestone. By Aron A. February 24, 2022
Music Freddie Gibbs Says Elvis Should've Been Locked Up Like R. Kelly Freddie Gibbs offers his two cents on R. Kelly's guilty verdict. By Aron A. September 28, 2021
Music Future Celebrates "Life Is Good" Going Diamond It took less than two years for "Life Is Good" to go Diamond. By Thomas Galindo November 21, 2021
Music Fivio Foreign Performs Verse On Kanye West's "Off The Grid" At Sweet 16 It appears that Fivio Foreign delivered his first performance of his standout verse on Kanye West's "Off The Grid" at a sweet 16 birthday party. By Aron A. August 30, 2021
Music Tory Lanez Returns To Clarify He Isn't Dissing Cardi Or Offset On "Cap" After sharing lyrics that target Megan Thee Stallion's boyfriend Pardison Fontaine, Lanez wanted to set a few things straight ahead of the song's release. By Erika Marie March 10, 2022
Music Polo G Announces "Hall Of Fame" Fall 2021 Tour Following the success of his debut album, Polo G announces that he'll be hitting the road for his fall 2021 tour. By Aron A. September 27, 2021
Music YNW Melly's Friend YNW Bortlen Reportedly Told Police About Shootings Recently surfaced audio shows the YNW associate detailing his experience in the incident that locked Melly up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2023
Pop Culture Trippie Redd Teases Travis Scott, Chief Keef Collabs There are also rumors of a new album arriving soon. By Isaac Fontes January 11, 2023
Music CeeLo Green Says Gangsta Boo Was Supposed To Be On Next Gnarls Barkley Album CeeLo honored his longtime friend and praised her talents. He also shared one of their final text exchanges. RIP to a legend. By Erika Marie January 03, 2023
Music Bizarre Appears To Suggest The Game Used Ghost Writer For His Eminem Diss Bizarre says that he wasn't a fan of The Game's Eminem diss, "The Black Slim Shady." By Cole Blake September 19, 2022
Music Cardi B Advises Bronx Rappers To "Get Signed & Get The F*ck Out" The Grammy-winning artist told emerging Drill rappers to move "because there's only death and indictments out there." By Erika Marie April 15, 2022