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Music Dr. Dre Lost $200M After Leaking Apple-Beats Deal With Tyrese: Report Jimmy Iovine was "anxious and afraid" that Tim Cook was going to kill Apple's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Beats after Dr. Dre called himself "hip-hop's first billionaire." By Aron A. May 05, 2022
Music Will.i.Am Catches Heat From OG Black Eyed Peas Member Kim Hill Over "Black Group" Complaint He said he was "hurt" they weren't considered a "Black group," but Hill said in a video, "You want that same community to validate you and you put a White girl in that place." By Erika Marie January 04, 2021
Numbers Nelly & Kelly Rowland's "Dillemma" Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views Nelly and Kelly Rowland's timeless duet "Dilemma" has officially hit one billion views on YouTube. By Mitch Findlay July 13, 2021
Original Content 6ix9ine, From Profit To Pariah: Has Cancel Culture Finally Come For Him? As "cancel culture" becomes entrenched into our social media-fuelled world, we take a look at how it interacts with hip-hop, and specifically, 6ix9ine. By Robert Blair April 30, 2021
Original Content Top 10 Kanye West-Produced Jay Z Tracks There's more to Ye and Jay's relationship than meets the eye. By Benjamin Salkind August 14, 2017
Music Migos Explain What "Straightenin" Actually Means Migos troll James Corden while trying to explain the concept of "straightenin." By Joshua Robinson July 07, 2021
Music Lira Galore & Kaylar Will Both Give Birth To Pierre "Pee" Thomas' Babies The births were just one month apart. By Erika Marie April 26, 2019
TV Fat Joe Tries To Tell Rapper Son That Not All Hip Hop Kids Are Successful Artists Is it more difficult for children of hip hop artists to make it in the rap game? By Erika Marie September 03, 2019
Music Travis Scott Shares Epic Footage Of "Sicko Mode" Performance At ACL Festival "SICKO MODE" is undoubtedly a crowd pleaser. By Aron A. October 26, 2018
Music Lil Uzi Vert's "444+222" Producer Hints At Possible Remix With Jay-Z Ike Beatz hinted at a possible remix of Lil Uzi Vert's song with Jay-Z. By Aron A. March 13, 2018
Original Content Hip-Hop Photographers You Should Follow On Instagram These photographers act as gatekeepers into the daily lives of your favorite rappers. By Jae Pascal July 28, 2017
Original Content How Rick Rubin Redefined Rap Music (#TBT) Revisiting 10 of Rubin's most significant productions of the '80s. By Danny Schwartz August 31, 2017