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Profiles Behind The Beat: Focus... Meet Focus..., in-house producer at Aftermath and integral member of the team that made Dr. Dre's "Compton." By Danny Schwartz October 14, 2015
Music 42 Dugg Offers To Pay Suspended Police Officer's Bills For Six Months 42 Dugg stands up for an NYPD officer who was suspended without pay for riding on the back of a dirtbike. By Joshua Robinson September 22, 2021
Music Meek Mill Talks Incarceration, Drake Beef, & More On The Breakfast Club Meek Mill continues his interview circuit with a stop at The Breakfast Club. By Mitch Findlay May 10, 2018
Music Lil Peep's Posthumous "Come Over When You're Sober Pt 2" Has Arrived Lil Peep's posthumous effort is a labor of love. By Mitch Findlay November 09, 2018
Music Jay-Z Disses Drake During Roots Picnic Freestyle Drake sent various shots at Jay-Z on his new album "ICEMAN," which Hov seems to have responded to via his Roots Picnic freestyle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2026
Music Uncle Luke Corrects Fat Joe After Rapper Says He Put On Pitbull & Trick Daddy Fat Joe claims he put on the two Florida icons before they were famous, but Uncle Luke says he's the one who first discovered them. By Erika Marie December 09, 2022
Music Drake Fans Are Convinced That Childish Gambino Named His Son After Him Amid Diss Rumors While there isn't anything directly against Drake on Childish Gambino's new album, some theories have fans looking back at their history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2024
Music Russ Re-ignites Feud With Smokepurpp and Lil Pump, Slanders Wifisfuneral Russ re-opened hostilities with SoundCloud rapper of the like, during the latest episode of Joe Budden's "Pull Up Season." By Devin Ch July 01, 2019
Music Kanye West Claims His Attention-Seeking Twitter Rant Was A Social Experiment If only Ye could push conversation with his music rather than through juvenile excuses for "free expression." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 08, 2025
Relationships Summer Walker Blasts London On Da Track: "He Didn't Write Sh*t & He Didn't Produce Sh*t" London On Da Track previously gloated about having writing and production credits on Summer's new album "Still Over It." By Alex Zidel November 09, 2021
Original Content Lil Gotit Is An Atlanta Secret, Not For Long: The "Hood Baby" Talks Co-Signs From Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert & More INTERVIEW: Lil Gotit is a name you'll be hearing everywhere soon enough. By Alex Zidel November 16, 2018
Music Lil B Claims He's The Only Rapper That Doesn't Rap Like Migos Or Future Lil B wants credit where it's due. By Aron A. September 22, 2017