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Music "King's Disease II" Is Nas' Highest Performing Album In Nearly A Decade The veteran M.C. debuts top five on Billboard 200 Charts, scoring his 15th top 10 album. By Kyesha Jennings August 16, 2021
Music French Montana Talks About Alcohol & Watching His Peers Surpass Him French detailed the pair of health scares that led to him making some major realizations. By Taylor McCloud December 06, 2021
Music Roddy Ricch Teases Upcoming Album: "NO Skip Policy" Roddy Ricch teased his upcoming album on Instagram. By Cole Blake October 10, 2021
Pop Culture Tupac's Former Bodyguard's Hard Drive Is Up For Auction Frank Alexander's 83 GB hard drive contains rare photos and music from Tupac Shakur, and it is estimated to be worth between $600k and $1.2 million. By Joshua Robinson December 01, 2021
Music Kendrick Lamar Name-Drops Kanye West On New Song Kendrick Lamar name-drops Kanye West and Megan Thee Stallion on his new song with Baby Keem. By Alex Zidel August 27, 2021
Music Kendrick Lamar Seemingly Omits "Popo" Bar In "Alright" During Halftime Show Fans noticed Kendrick Lamar omitted "popo" during his performance of "Alright" at the Super Bowl halftime show. By Aron A. February 14, 2022
Numbers Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor" Goes Gold After 15 Years Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor" is finally certified gold, prompting celebratory words from ScHoolboy Q. By Mitch Findlay September 22, 2021
Pop Culture Doja Cat & Nicki Minaj's "Say So" Remix Earns Them A New Guinness World Record Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat will go down in history as the first female rap duo to conquer the Billboard Hot 100. By Joshua Robinson December 15, 2021
Music Rick Ross, Juice WRLD & Lil Durk Dominate The "Fire Emoji" Playlist Plus, new heat from Money Man, Berner and Polo G. By Aron A. November 13, 2021
Pop Culture Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Key's "City of Gods" Compared To "Off The Grid" By Twitter Users The new single has also been compared to Keys' 2009 JAY-Z collab "Empire State of Mind." By Hayley Hynes February 11, 2022
Music LL Cool J Fixes Up Red Audi From "Bad" Cover & Donates To HOF The red Audi that was featured on the cover of LL Cool J's 1987 album "Bad" was donated to the Hall Of Fame after the rapper restored the vehicle. By Aron A. November 03, 2021
Music Charlamagne Tha God Says Eminem Would Lose To Future (& Maybe Even 6ix9ine) At "Verzuz" Charlemagne Tha God doesn't think Eminem would win in a Verzuz battle against Future. He also suggested that Em might not even beat 6ix9ine. By Alex Zidel August 12, 2021