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Music Cardi B Teases "Bartier Cardi" Video Dropping Monday It will debut on VH1, says Cardi in a tweet. By Trevor Smith March 31, 2018
Music Nick Cannon Channels Soulja Boy With Infamous Gucci Headband Cannon and Big Soulja are living their best lives. By Alexander Cole January 22, 2019
Music Joey Bada$$ Puts His Spin On Prince's "When Doves Cry" For Live Cover Joey Bada$$ turns "When Doves Cry" into "When Thugs Cry." By Aron A. January 18, 2018
Music DaBaby Admits To Studying "The Greats" Like "Future, Lil Wayne, & Kanye" He also shared where he sees himself in 50 years. By Erika Marie January 11, 2020
Music Keak Da Sneak Reportedly Shot, In Recovery The Bay Area rapper took the stage on crutches following reports he was shot Friday night. By Trevor Smith January 22, 2017
Music Drake Catches A Second Wind On The Latest "100 Gigs" Drop But Is It Enough? Does "No Face" kick off round 2? By Aron A. August 29, 2024
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Are Apparently Dropping "Alfredo 2" Later This Month This would cap off one heck of a month for hip-hop if Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist actually follow through on this. By Zachary Horvath July 16, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Won't Take Credit For Inventing The Rap Flute We should probably take Metro's word for it. By Matthew Parizot May 03, 2018
Music Will Smith Gets Jiggy With It & Wears Suggestive Genie Lamp Costume The actor was promoting his latest film, "Aladdin" on "Ellen." By Erika Marie May 21, 2019
Music Joe Budden On Lil Uzi Vert's "Pink Tape": "You're Not Trying Anymore" Joe Budden is not into Lil Uzi Vert's "Pink Tape." By Caroline Fisher July 20, 2023
Music Shaq Talks Hip Hop & Says Jay Z, Notorious B.I.G. Were His Favorites To Work With He also claims to have about 20 unreleased tracks that may hit the streets. By Erika Marie June 19, 2019
Music Megan Thee Stallion's Ex-BFF Kelsey's Diss Track Entered Into Evidence In 2020, Kelsey dropped "Bussin Back," a track where she claims Megan lied to the DA about her and says she didn't shoot the rapper. By Erika Marie December 19, 2022