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Politics Larry Hoover Jr. Reaches Out To Kanye West Following His Father's Presidential Commutation Larry Hoover received a commutation of his sentence from President Donald Trump, and it has sparked a ton of reactions online. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2025
Music Touré Scolds Young Thug For Calling Kid Cudi A "Rat" After Diddy Trial Testimony While Young Thug quickly deleted his Kid Cudi tweet concerning the Diddy testimony, Touré wants to distinguish this from actual "snitching." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2025
Music Suge Knight Addresses Cassie's Allegation That Diddy Almost Carried Out A Hit On Suge Suge Knight has been talking a lot about the Diddy trial, and recently reacted to an allegation from Cassie's witness testimony. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Urges "Demon" Tory Lanez To Leave Her Alone Megan Thee Stallion has been in the news thanks to the re-hashing of the Tory Lanez shooting, and she is not happy about it. By Alexander Cole May 20, 2025
Music Jadakiss Recalls Feeling "Out Of My Mind" During The Lox's Iconic "Verzuz" Showdown With Dipset Jadakiss and Fat Joe launched a new podcast in partnership with Roc Nation and The Volume, earlier this month. By Cole Blake May 18, 2025
Music Cassie Ventura Admitted Going To Rehab In Diddy Testimony But Not For What You Think Cassie Ventura testified to being with 13 sex workers while dating Diddy in the mogul's sex trafficking trial. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 17, 2025
Music Fans Debunk Fake Tweet Alleging That Nicki Minaj Told Cassie To Stay With Diddy Despite Abuse Journalist Matthew Russell Lee has been covering the Diddy trial extensively, and clarified Cassie didn't mention Nicki Minaj in this way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Earl Sweatshirt Says J. Cole's New Single Is "Corny" Earl Sweatshirt is not a fan of J. Cole's "Snow On Tha Bluff," taking to Twitter to voice his thoughts on the matter. By Mitch Findlay June 17, 2020
Music Dave East On "King Of New York" Talks: "Keep Me Out Of That" Dave East names a few people who should be in the conversation. By Alex Zidel November 18, 2019
Original Content Dr. Dre's "2001" Turns 21: The Creation Of A Classic While originally written last year for the 20th anniversary of Dr. Dre's "2001," be sure to revisit this piece on the project's 21st birthday. By Mitch Findlay November 15, 2019
Original Content Examining B.O.B's Career: Billboard, Blackballed, And Bouncing Back Did B.O.B truly "fall off" or was it all a plot of his own devising? By Robert Blair January 22, 2019
Original Content Cash Money's "Bling Bling" & The Beginning Of An Era From a Lil Wayne chorus to an inescapable cultural phenomenon, we reflect on the "Bling Bling" era. By Luke Hinz January 02, 2019