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Music Kodak Black Remains Optimistic Despite One Year Jail Sentence Kodak Black has gained some perspective. By Mitch Findlay April 18, 2018
Music Rick Ross Gets Ruthlessly Clowned For Dance Moves At Recent Show Trolls in the comments section were not letting up on the jokes one bit. By Zachary Horvath June 10, 2024
Sneakers Westside Gunn Teases His New Saucony "Awesome Gods" Collab Westside Gunn previewed his new Saucony "Awesome Gods" collab featuring an animal print upper with paint splatter and bronze accents. By Ben Atkinson June 10, 2026
Music Drake Dethrones Kendrick Lamar As Rapper With Most Spotify Monthly Listeners These tides shifted a lot during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef, and we don't expect this comparison to die anytime soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Honors Sinead O'Connor: Ice-T, Questlove, Bun B & Chuck D Mourn Loss The Irish musical icon's impact transcended not just genres, but the medium as a whole. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2023
Music Vic Mensa Delivers BARS On Heated "LA Leakers" Freestyle Young Mensa goes in. By Mitch Findlay December 21, 2018
Music Ja Rule To Bury His Music In Time Capsules In 6 "Regions Of The World" You do you, Ja Rule. By Chantilly Post October 18, 2019
Music Big Sean Delays Release Of Upcoming Album After Leak Controversies Sean Don can't catch a break. By Elias Andrews August 06, 2024
Music Rihanna Humming On "Lift Me Up" Compared To Kid Cudi Some dared to say Rihanna has topped the master of humming himself. By Rex Provost October 29, 2022
Original Content Why August 11 Is Considered Hip-Hop's Birthday? We're looking back on DJ Kool Herc's block party on August 11, 1973 which catapulted hip-hop into the cultural revolution it is today. By Caleb Hardy May 26, 2023
Music Kid Cudi & Jim Jones Trade Blows Over Capo's "Day 'N' Nite" Claims Jim Jones claims his remix of Kid Cudi's "Day 'N' Nite" is what blew Cudi up, which he vehemently disagrees with. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2026
Music 03 Greedo Says He's Free From Jail, But Not Out Yet The Watts, Los Angeles rapper updated fans with a heartfelt statement on Instagram. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 22, 2023