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Music Kendrick Lamar Updates Instagram For First Time All Year: "Chapter Closed" Kendrick Lamar shares plenty of behind-the-scenes tour footage in his return to Instagram. By Alex Zidel October 02, 2018
Music Quavo Shares Artwork for "Ice Tray," Joe Budden Continues to Troll "Ice Tray" is the first official single off "Control The Streets." By Milca P. December 10, 2017
Music Logic "Bobby Tarantino II" & Lil Yachty "Lil Boat 2" First Week Sales Projections: Report Logic is expected to debut at No. 1 on next week's Billboard 200. By Trevor Smith March 10, 2018
Original Content KXNG Crooked, Hip-Hop Historian: Death Row Beginnings, Slaughterhouse Trials, & Eminem's Legacy From Suge Knight to Eminem, Slaughterhouse to Joe Budden, KXNG Crooked is here to realign the narrative. By Mitch Findlay October 10, 2018
Music The Weeknd Reveals "The Dawn Era" Has Arrived With Kendrick Lamar Meme Top of the morning to "The Dawn Era." By Joshua Robinson September 22, 2021
Music 50 Cent & Jim Jones Continue To Roast Each Other On IG The two NYC veterans are having some good laughs at each other's expense. By Kevin Goddard June 28, 2018
Music Chloe Bailey Shows Off Her Booty In “Have Mercy” Promo Image Ahead of Chloe Bailey's "Have Mercy" single, the singer shares one last exciting promo image. By Nancy Jiang September 09, 2021
Music Drake Fans Dub Him A Genius After Linking Kendrick Lamar Diss To The Plot Of An Infamous Paul Simon Movie Looks like Drake still has some wordplay and deep references in his bag, although it's still a cutting statement with or without them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2024
Music 50 Cent Piles On Ice Cube After His New Movie Receives A 0% Rating On "Rotten Tomatoes" 50 Cent is quite the ruthless troller, so it's no surprise that he's adding insult to injury to the poor reactions of Ice Cube's new film. By Zachary Horvath August 06, 2025
Music Drake & Busta Rhymes Song "Stay Down" Leaks Drake and Busta Rhymes' song "Stay Down" from around 2012-2013 has surfaced online. By Alex Zidel June 17, 2020
Original Content Why MF Doom Is Allowed To Use Imposters On Stage Hot on the heels of accusations that Kendrick used a stand-in during a live performance, we analyse why MF Doom continues to get away with sending body doubles to his shows. By Robert Blair December 02, 2019
Music Nicki Minaj Buys Cardi B $5K Baby Gift Basket: Report Nicki Minaj shows love for Cardi B. By Aron A. July 11, 2018