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Music Jay-Z Changes Twitter Name, Tweets For The First Time Since 2018 Jay-Z made a major $297 million deal with Square, Inc. to sell a majority stake in TIDAL. By Alex Zidel March 04, 2021
Music Just Blaze Gave Mac Miller A Free Beat Just Blaze reflects on giving Mac Miller the beat for "All Around The World" completely free of charge. By Mitch Findlay April 01, 2021
Music Busta Rhymes Sets His Sights On Jay-Z, Eminem, & Lil Wayne Busta Rhymes reveals some of his dream Verzuz battles, singling out Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Jay-Z as the big three. By Mitch Findlay November 05, 2020
Music DJ Premier Reflects On "Devil's Pie" Passing From Canibus To D'Angelo In an alternate universe, D'Angelo's "Devil's Pie" instrumental would have gone to Canibus, as revealed by DJ Premier. By Mitch Findlay December 03, 2020
Music Mariah Carey Slammed By '90s R&B Group Allure For Memoir Absence They were reportedly the first act Mariah signed to her label back in the 1990s, but Carey didn't mention them in her autobiography. By Erika Marie October 13, 2020
Music Asian Doll Catches Heat For Endorsing Donald Trump For President The rapper apologized for offending anyone, but stood by her words. By Erika Marie October 13, 2020
Music Death Row Singer Refutes Keyshia Cole's Claims About Tupac Leaving Label Danny Boy says Tupac would have never told a teenage Keyshia Cole anything of the sort. "He ain't told her sh*t," he says. By Erika Marie June 02, 2021
Music Lil Uzi Vert Is In The Mixing Stages Not long after teasing two hours worth of unreleased music, Lil Uzi Vert confirms that he has officially entered the mixing stages of his next project. By Mitch Findlay December 22, 2020
Music Kanye West's "MBDTF" Turns 10, Fans Debate Best Song Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" continues to elicit a ton of debate. By Alexander Cole November 22, 2020
Numbers J. Cole Rakes In Nearly $2M From 'The Off-Season' In Its First Week The rapper's revenue per song after just one week is nothing short of impressive. By Madusa S. June 01, 2021
Music Coi Leray Performance Explained By Woman Seen In Viral Concert Clip She said the crowd was initially "confused" because they didn't know the songs Leray was performing. By Erika Marie June 01, 2021
Music Yelawolf Reflects On Collab EP With Ed Sheeran Before He Blew Up Yelawolf reflects on collaborating with Ed Sheeran on their 2012 collaboration project "The Slumdon Bridge." By Mitch Findlay May 08, 2021