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Music French Montana & Kodak Black Reach Deal In "Lockjaw" Lawsuit: Report French Montana and Kodak Black are off the hook in the "Lockjaw" lawsuit. By Aron A. December 21, 2018
Music NBA YoungBoy Affiliate Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Over Fatal Car Crash D Dawg pleaded no contest to charges of negligent homicide and illegal carrying of weapons with controlled dangerous substances. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Smokepurpp Wrote Over 800 Songs For "Deadstar 2," Wasted $2 Million Recording Smokepurpp spent a lot of dough recording "Deadstar 2." By Dominiq R. January 26, 2020
Music Remy Ma Steps In After Lil Mo Is Unimpressed With Fat Joe's Apology After Lil Mo calls for a more sincere apology from Fat Joe, Remy Ma steps in to de-escalate the tension. By Mitch Findlay September 15, 2021
Pop Culture Smash Mouth Singer Retires After Viral TikTok Video Shows Concert Chaos Steve Harwell looked disoriented, threatened the audience, and slurred his words. His rep says the singer has been struggling with his health. By Erika Marie October 13, 2021
Music Keyshia Cole Talks Why Her Next Album Is Her Last & Wanting To Produce A Biopic The R&B icon is preparing her final project and spoke about balancing single parenting while pursuing ambitions after music, By Erika Marie March 09, 2022
Original Content ChaseTheMoney Is Working With Everyone: Offset, Lil Yachty, Valee & More INTERVIEW: Fast-rising producer ChaseTheMoney talks working with Valee and ZMoney, and gives us the scoop on some exciting upcoming collabs. By Patrick Lyons April 26, 2018
Sports Chance The Rapper To Perform At NBA All-Star Game, Twitter Is Disappointed Fans don't seem too excited about this year's NBA All-Star game performers. By Cole Blake December 21, 2019
Pop Culture Tupac's Sister & Jada Pinkett Smith React To Keefe D's Arrest Both women expressed gratitude that justice was being served for Pac. By Ben Mock September 30, 2023
Numbers YoungBoy Never Broke Again "Sincerely, Kentrell" Second-Week Sales Projections Are In NBA YoungBoy is projected to move 60,000 copies of his new album during its second week out. By Alex Zidel October 06, 2021
Original Content We Want The Funk: From P-Funk To G-Funk & Beyond, A Brief History With the recent release of YouTube’s documentary "G Funk," it’s as good of a time as ever to trace the history of the West Coast sound that ruled the world throughout the 90s and set the stage for hip hop as we know it today. By Gus Fisher July 25, 2018
Numbers J.I.D Isn't Worried About "DiCaprio 2" Sales: "We Doing This Sh*t Our Way" J.I.D. stands behind his work. By Mitch Findlay November 22, 2018