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Music 2Pac's Handwritten Lyrics To "Throw Ya Handz Up" Up For Auction The lyrics come from one of his famed songwriting notebooks. By Lavender Alexandria February 28, 2024
Music Lil Wayne Snippet Teased On Juelz Santana's Instagram Despite its incredibly short length, just a couple of Weezy bars are enough to get fans excited. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 20, 2023
Music Jay Rock Thinks That Kendrick Lamar's Leaked Verse On "ELEMENT." Is Real Hopefully, that version comes out some day. By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2023
Music Adele's “Easy On Me" Marches To No. 1 On Billboard Hot 100 Adele's "Easy On Me" landed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. By Cole Blake October 25, 2021
Music Busta Rhymes Says Swizz Beatz & Pharrell "Fixed" Him The legendary MC opened up about how these producing titans led him down a better path. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 02, 2023
Pop Culture Coachella Will Auction Lifetime Festival Passes As NFTs Coachella has teamed up with FTX to auction off ten one-of-one lifetime passes to the festivals as NFTs. By Brianna Lawson February 01, 2022
Music Ray J Invites DJ Akademiks To “Pre-Party” For Diddy’s Possible Prison Release Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is in its final stages, and closing arguments began today. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Young Dolph's Artist Kenny Muney Denies Being Shot During Altercation In Atlanta Contrary to police reports and local news coverage, Kenny Muney denies being hit with any bullets during the shooting in Atlanta on Monday. By Joshua Robinson May 20, 2021
Music Oschino Alleges He Ghostwrote Beanie Sigel's Diss Against Jadakiss From one State Property member to another... By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Hints At Possible "Indicud 2," Relistens To Project For First Time In Years: "Man I Snapped" "Indicud" debuted at #2 on the Billboard chart and is certified Gold. By Zachary Horvath March 05, 2024
Original Content Cam Kirk Reflects On Chi Modu’s Classic Hip-Hop Photography & Timeless Influence Cam Kirk, one of Hip-Hop’s current leading photographers, remembers legendary Black Hip-Hop photographer and cultural documentarian Chi Modu. By Joshua Robinson February 21, 2022
Music Boosie Badazz Claims He Was Racially Profiled When Pepper Sprayed At Mall Boosie Badazz claims he was targeted for shopping while Black, although police argue otherwise. By Aron A. January 07, 2019