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Politics Ice Cube Shatters The "Black On Black Crime" Argument Speaking on the ongoing protests, Ice Cube takes a moment to counter the all-too-common pivot of "black-on-black crime." By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2020
Music Migos & Mustard Tease Upcoming Single "Pure Water" Migos and Mustard are sitting on some fire. By Mitch Findlay January 11, 2019
Music Busta Rhymes Celebrates With Diddy, Bryson Tiller, & Chris Brown Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Bryson Tiller connect for a boy's night in, raising their red plastic cups in jubilant glee. By Mitch Findlay July 06, 2021
Music Fabolous Fans Hope His Cryptic IG Message Is A 50 Cent Warning Shot Neither 50 Cent nor Fabolous are explicitly going at each other on social media right now... But their fans want blood. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes J. Cole Is Telling The World That He's Better Than Drake & Kendrick Lamar DJ Akademiks is reading into Cole's recent comments. By Alexander Cole November 08, 2023
Music Travis Scott Surprises Post Malone With A Serious Amount Of Chick-Fil-A Travis Scott knows the way to Post Malone's heart. By Chantilly Post November 19, 2018
Music Q-Tip Details Frustrations About Trying To Get Megan Thee Stallion Signed Years Ago He shopped her around to labels and even flew her to New York for meetings, but he claims executives rejected him. By Erika Marie October 04, 2021
Music Cardi B Meets Nardwuar And It Goes Exactly How You'd Expect Cardi B chops it up with The Human Serviette. By Mitch Findlay April 16, 2018
Music Bow Wow Shows Huge Respect For Snoop Dogg's Role In His Career Ahead Of Final Album Snoop Dogg and Bow Wow might be plotting on "something crazy together." By Aron A. March 17, 2022
Music Rapper Arrested After Sharing Lyrics That Stated He Would Shoot Up University Campus He posted a rap on Facebook that authorities believed was a threat. By Erika Marie April 16, 2019
Music 50 Cent & Yung Miami Go Back And Forth Over Diddy Sex Work Allegations Yung Miami says her controversial past comments were taken out of context. By Caroline Fisher April 07, 2024
Original Content 2020 Was A Triumphant Year For Lyricists Rather than assembling a list of the year's best rappers, it feels appropriate to highlight the emcees who elevated twenty-twenty on a purely lyrical level. By Mitch Findlay December 27, 2020