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Music Lil Nas X Shares Rihanna Zoom Call, Says It Was A "Top 5 Moment" In His Life Lil Nas X shares his latest interaction with Rihanna on TikTok. By Alex Zidel March 11, 2021
Music Gunna Draws Comparison Between Rappers & Crackheads Gunna makes an unflattering comparison between rappers and crackheads, sparking speculation behind his motive. By Mitch Findlay October 12, 2020
Music Zoey Dollaz Reportedly Shot Multiple Times Zoey Dollaz is reportedly in stable condition after being shot multiple times outside of a Miami strip club. By Alex Zidel December 10, 2020
Music Raekwon To Reissue "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" On Vinyl For 25th Anniversary Raekwon's debut album turns 25 this weekend. By Aron A. July 29, 2020
Music J.I. Expresses Skepticism Over Sour Patch Kids Cookies On "Snack Review" J.I. walked us through some of his favorite snacks on the latest episode of "Snack Review." By Alexander Cole December 20, 2020
Music Logic Explains Why He's Retiring: "They're Gonna Call My Baby Ugly" Logic says that he's tired of all the criticism on the internet, explaining that he is leaving music so his family gets less hate. By Alex Zidel July 29, 2020
Music Kanye West Revealed As Big Sean's "Detroit 2" Executive Producer Alongside Hit-Boy and Big Sean himself, Kanye West was named as an executive producer on the highly-anticipated "Detroit 2" album. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Numbers Joey Bada$$ Goes Back To Basics With Latest Gold Plaque Joey Bada$$ celebrates "the best song he ever made" going gold with a lengthy post on his IG page. By Mitch Findlay June 23, 2020
Music Gunna Is Going On A Cleanse: "No Drugs No Sex No Media!" The rapper made his declaration on Twitter that he'll soon be partaking on a spiritual-like detox. By Erika Marie August 20, 2020
Politics Hip-Hop Reacts To Trump's Historic Second Impeachment Following confirmation that Donald Trump would be impeached for a second time, hip-hop came through to react to the historic event. By Mitch Findlay January 14, 2021
Music T-Pain Believes He's A Major Influence On Artists Using Auto-Tune He says he's known he's been "doing the right thing from the jump" & isn't bothered by the "jokes & comments" throughout his career. By Erika Marie March 10, 2021
Music Russell Simmons's Sworn Declaration Calls Assault Allegations "Shameful" Simmons also states that he's never even met the anonymous woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her. By Erika Marie May 30, 2019