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Music Tidal Accused Of Missing Royalty Payments To 3 Record Labels Tidal is experiencing waves of criticism from a Norwedian media outlet. By Devin Ch May 16, 2018
Sports Cam’ron Takes The Blame After LaMello Ball's Homophobic Joke Cam’ron says he's at fault. By Cole Blake November 20, 2024
Music T.I. Salutes Future, Young Thug, Lil Baby & More For Innovating In The Trap Genre The Atlanta legend reflected on the 20-year anniversary of his landmark project, "Trap Muzik." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2023
Music 2021 Billboard Music Awards: Full List Of Finalists Revealed The full list of Billboard Music Awards finalists has been revealed, and The Weeknd leads the pack with 16 nods. By Joshua Robinson April 29, 2021
Music Travis Scott Astroworld Festival Tickets Sold Out In Minutes Tickets for Travis Scott's third annual Astroworld Festival sold out in minutes. By Alex Zidel May 05, 2021
Music DDG Reveals He Made More Money In 30 Days Of Streaming Than From His Entire Record Deal DDG discussed the financial side of his streaming career as well as his record contract at ComplexCon on Sunday. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Ray J & Princess Love's Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Route To New York Ray J and his family are securing a backup plane to get to New York. By Chantilly Post August 27, 2018
Music J Cole Recalls Nerve-Racking Moment He Had To Record A Verse In Front Of Jay-Z & Beyonce J Cole took fans back to 2009 with a performance of his verse on Jay-Z's classic "The Blueprint 3" track, "A Star Is Born." By Cole Blake April 07, 2025
Music Cardi B Explains Why She's Including "WAP" & "Up" On Her Sophomore Album Cardi B has been catching a lot of heat for including these older tracks on her next LP, but she feels they deserve to be there. By Zachary Horvath June 25, 2025
Music Joe Budden Slightly Changes His Tune On DDG: "I Like You A Little Bit" Grumpy Joe is coming around. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2024
Music Megan Thee Stallion, Yo Gotti & More Headline Superb "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist It's been a great week for hip hop. By Cole Blake January 25, 2020
Music Trey Songz Must Now Pay A Police Officer $11 Million Trey Songz is going to have to dish out a big payday over the alleged incident. By Cole Blake November 26, 2024