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Music Tidal Celebrates Jay-Z's Icon Award Recognition Ahead of Grammys Jay-Z's legacy continues to be showcased by Tidal. By Matt F January 24, 2018
Music Drake Shows Love To Fan Who Gifted Him Custom "ICEMAN" Chain Drake took to Instagram to show off a custom "ICEMAN" chain he received from a fan. Maybe he'll wear it during one of his upcoming shows. By Devin Morton September 14, 2025
Pop Culture The Weeknd Shares Intense Second Look At His "Hurry Up Tomorrow" Film The Weeknd may have left a sour taste in fans' mouths after "The Idol," but the emotional range in this trailer is quite impressive. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Burna Boy And 21 Savage Seen Filming Music Video After Song Leak The pair are hard at work for "Sittin' On Top Of The World" despite the leak, By Ben Mock June 24, 2023
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 Kendrick Lamar & SZA Achieve Astounding Stand-Alone Record On The Hot 100 With "luther" Kendrick Lamar & SZA have been bringing it to their co-headlining tour all while one of their collabs continues to dominate the charts. By Zachary Horvath May 12, 2025
Music Fivio Foreign Throws Some Head-Scratching Shade At Nas Fivio Foreign was the first guest on Jim Jones' new podcast and his first episode is already generating a lot of attention. By Zachary Horvath August 19, 2025
Music Sauce Walka Arrested After Police Chase, Crashed Car At 130 Miles Per Hour The Houston rapper was charged with evading arrest or detention, but it's unclear why this chase happened in the first place. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2023
Music Young Nudy Announces "The DR. EV4L vs RICH SHOOTER" Tour Young Nudy is hitting the road this summer for The DR. EV4L vs RICH SHOOTER tour. By Aron A. June 28, 2021
Music Lil Nas X Felt It Was His Duty To Come Out Amidst "Old Town Road" Success Lil Nas X explains how the success of "Old Town Road" inspired him to come out. By Joshua Robinson September 29, 2021
Music Playboi Carti Gives Hopeful Progress Update On His Eagerly Awaited "I Am Music" Album All will be right in the world for Carti's fans when this drops. By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2024
Music Kid Cudi Receives Birthday Wish From Hometown Cavaliers Kid Cudi turns 37 years old today. By Alexander Cole January 30, 2021