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Original Content We Got The Jazz: A Brief & Incomplete History Of Jazz In Hip Hop We look at the reciprocity between hip-hop and jazz over the years. By Gus Fisher July 10, 2018
Original Content A Guide To A$AP Mob In 2017 A refresher on each member of the collective. By Karlton Jahmal October 28, 2017
Music Playboi Carti Premieres New Music After Philadelphia Concert While fans really want the new album "BABY BOI," Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" is holding them over with more than enough material. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 01, 2025
Music Mo3 Murder Suspect’s Trial Date Set Five Years After Deadly Shooting In 2020, Mo3 was shot in the back multiple times by a masked man on I-35 in Dallas and died at the age of 28. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Reveals Drake Could Have His Own Radio Station In GTA 6 During a recent podcast appearance, Jermaine Dupri dropped a hint about GTA 6 that's sure to get Drake fans excited. By Caroline Fisher June 13, 2025
Music Ghostface Killah’s Star-Studded “Supreme Clientele 2” Tracklist Unveiled "Supreme Clientele 2," the sequel to Ghostface Killah's 2000 sophomore album, is slated for release on August 22. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Bobby Shmurda Drops Freestyle Dissing Snitches & Some Feel That He's Targeting Gunna Bobby Shmurda takes aim at snitches in hip-hop on his new snippet. By Aron A. January 05, 2023
Relationships Jay-Z & Beyoncé Relationship Timeline A deep dive into the couples' decades-long relationship. By TeeJay Small December 19, 2023
Music Gillie Da Kid Labels Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria" Corny," Says Drake & Chris Brown Are Up Gillie thinks Drake is still up in the beef. By Cole Blake April 30, 2024
Original Content Future's Albums, Ranked We take a look at Future's studio albums. By Narsimha Chintaluri August 29, 2018
Politics Candace Owens Apologizes To Kanye West Over "Blexit" Design Confusion "To those who have donated and supported BLEXIT, I would like to clarify that in no way are you supporting the work of Kanye West." By Aron A. October 31, 2018