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Music Jim Jones Explains NY Hip-Hop Woes: "We’ve Been In Last Place" Jim Jones has a theory as to why the New York hip-hop scene is in a "state of emergency." By Cole Blake November 21, 2022
Music Trippie Redd Thinks Today's Rap Artists Are Trying To Recreate The 2017 Era Trippie Redd himself was one of the hottest names out in 2017, and we still feel the impact of "SoundCloud rap" today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 01, 2025
Music L.A. Reid Sued By Former Employee For Alleged Sexual Assault: Report This is far from the first accusation levied against the music executive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2023
Music Beanie Sigel Calls Dame Dash The "Malcolm X Of Hip Hop" Beans and Freeway were asked to describe Dame in one word. By Erika Marie January 26, 2023
Music Pusha T Shouts Out Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, & Playboi Carti Pusha T discussed the Opium collective ahead of the release of Clipse's highly-anticipated new album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Ice Spice Claims Someone Is View-Botting Her "Baddie Baddie" Music Video Ice Spice dropped "Baddie Baddie" on September 26. The single features a prominent sample of "Bad Girls," a 2013 hit by M.I.A. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music Black Thought Reveals His Top Five Favorite MCs According to Black Thought, his top five "has always revolved around [his] foundation." By Caroline Fisher December 28, 2023
Original Content Coi Leray, Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign, & Juice WRLD Hold Us Down For New Music Friday Our New Music Friday round-up. This week's new releases include Coi Leray & Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign & Quavo, Juice WRLD, Lil Durk, NBA YoungBoy, Rosalía, Doechii, SSGKobe, T-Shyne, Smiley, and much more. By Alex Zidel March 18, 2022
Pop Culture Adele Says Her Las Vegas Residency Would've Been "Half-Assed," Turns Up At A London Gay Bar The mother of one hopped on stage to perform a pole dance for surprised onlookers. By Hayley Hynes February 11, 2022
Music Lil Yachty, Juice WRLD & Diplo Spotted In The Studio Lil Yachty, Diplo & Juice WRLD appear to have a collab on the way. By Kevin Goddard September 20, 2018
Music Young Thug Says Fans Will Have To “Beg” For New Album Recently, Young Thug held up a jersey that said “UY Scuti" at a Miami Heat game against the Golden State Warriors, leading to speculation. By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2025
Music Smokepurpp Set To Headline Monster Energy Outbreak Tour The Miami rapper is hitting the road with Monster Energy. By hnhh March 06, 2018