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Politics Kanye West Gives An Additional $126K To Chicago Mayoral Candidate Kanye West donates $126K to Chicago mayoral candidate after claiming he's "distancing" himself from politics. By Aron A. November 01, 2018
Music LL Cool J On Board With Swizz Beatz's Initiative To Give Back To Hip Hop's Founders Ll Cool J is "100%" down to donate to Swizz Beatz's "Hip Hop Founders Fund," which will give back to the pioneers who paved the way for rap music. By Lynn S. May 14, 2020
Music Cardi B Says She's Dropping Two Music Videos This Month, "Be Careful" Video Next Week More Cardi B videos are on the way. By Matthew Parizot May 15, 2018
Music Luce Cannon Issues Statement Denying Cooperation In Big U RICO Case Luce Cannon and Bricc Baby supposedly made comments on No Jumper relating to prosecutors' accusations against Big U in their RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Music Cardi B Expresses Paranoia Over Conspiracy Theory That Cell Phones Can "Read Our Minds" While Cardi B is putting her tinfoil hat on to question our surveillance age, fans' conspiracies are all about her pregnancy rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Sports Rich The Kid Calls Kanye West "The GOAT," Says He's Betting $1M On The Super Bowl While Rich was vocal about his Kanye love, he wouldn't say who he is backing for Super Bowl LVIII. By Ben Mock February 10, 2024
Music Kodak Black's Drug Possession Charge Thrown Out By Judge During his arrest in December 2023, officers alleged that Kodak Black had cocaine, but it was later confirmed to be Oxycodone. By Caroline Fisher February 09, 2024
Music Yo Gotti & GloRilla Respond To Oakland Water-Throwing Performance Incident From the sounds of her tweets, the "F.N.F." rapper was paid for a hosting gig, but didn't agree to actually perform for patrons. By Hayley Hynes February 09, 2023
Music Conway The Machine Previews "Tonight Show" Spot With J.I.D & Ludacris Conway The Machine is gearing up for a massive performance on "The Tonight Show." By Alexander Cole May 13, 2021
Music Valee Brings A Unique Sound To Chicago Rap In Documentary Short Film Valee goes back to his roots in new documentary short film. By Matthew Parizot May 01, 2018
Original Content Hip Hop Artists Show Love To Ladies In Light Of International Women's Day Rita Ora, Kehlani, Alicia Keys and more show lots of lady love. By Chantilly Post March 08, 2018
Music Sexyy Red Shows Love To Trick Daddy For Arguing She Was Snubbed At Awards Shows Sexyy Red showed love to the legendary rapper. By Cole Blake August 11, 2024