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Music Watch Rakim Run Through Classics In NPR Tiny Desk Concert Watch the legendary revisit "Paid In Full" and "Know the Ledge" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Yonge. By Trevor Smith June 25, 2018
Music Drakeo The Ruler's Dad Claims Kendrick Lamar Used Son's Style Without Credit Because Of "Politics" Drakeo the Ruler's dad appeared on No Jumper and discussed Kendrick Lamar taking Drakeo's flow on songs from the "GNX" album. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Drake Rides Ice Truck During New "ICEMAN" Music Video Shoot In Toronto Drake is dropping his new album "ICEMAN" very soon, and we wonder if this is a separate music video to other recent production sightings. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music TDE Affiliates Claim The Game Is Lying About Wanting To Sign Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar and The Game's relationship has been under quite the scrutiny in the aftermath of the Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Original Content 7 Tips For Independent Artists That We Learned At A3C Here are the top takeaways for indie artists, direct from this year's A3C Festival in Atlanta. By Milca P. October 09, 2018
Music Bow Wow Left In Tears After Daughter’s Emotional Christmas Message Bow Wow had an emotional Christmas morning with his family. By Cole Blake December 26, 2024
Music Megan Thee Stallion & Benny The Butcher Lead The Pack On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update: Stream Other "Fire Emoji" entries this week include tracks from Ice Spice, Lyrical Lemonade, Kevin Gates, and more. By Caroline Fisher January 27, 2024
Music Snapchat Apologizes To Rihanna Over Advert Trivializing Domestic Abuse Snapchat has taken another public image hit, this time as a consequence of insensitive content involving Rihanna & Domestic Abuse. By Devin Ch March 14, 2018
Music The Kanye West-Kardashian Episode Of "Family Feud" Airing In June Kanye West is "here to win" with bragging rights on the line. By Devin Ch May 23, 2018
Music Drake Reveals He's Already Started Working On New Album On U.K. Tour Drake's follow-up to "Scorpion" is officially on the way. By Aron A. April 10, 2019
Music Dame Dash Thinks Jay-Z's "Ruthlessness" Is Just Like This Iconic Batman Villain Dame's been critical of Hov for years and years and years... By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 30, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Calls For A "Fair Trial" During New Phone Call From Prison Tory Lanez has accused the prosecution of "outrageous and disgusting tricks" in his trial for the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake April 26, 2023