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Music Akon Suggests T-Pain's Career Dwindled Because He "Confined His Music To Urban" Akon signed T-Pain to Konvict Music many years ago and discussed why the autotune icon has reportedly stalled. By Erika Marie August 25, 2020
Music Tink Drops Off A Treat For Christmas With "A Gift And A Curse" R&B underdog Tink is continuing to give us quality work on the low, this time dropping off a surprise Christmas treat in the form of a new EP titled "A Gift And A Curse." By Keenan Higgins December 25, 2020
Music OMB Peezy Explains Why Rappers Should Avoid Signing To Other Artists He spoke about his deal with E-40's Sick Wid It Records & how rapper CEOs are often concerned with their own careers first. By Erika Marie March 16, 2021
Music NLE Choppa Claims To Be Blackballed After YouTube Removes "Paradise" Video He released the music video earlier today (11.24) but it was taken down within hours. By Erika Marie November 24, 2020
Numbers Doja Cat Passes Drake To Become Rapper With Most Monthly Listeners On Spotify Doja Cat is officially the rapper with the most monthly listeners on Spotify with 63.6 million. By Alex Zidel October 14, 2021
Music J. Prince Details Conversations With Drake & Kanye That Brought Them Together He denied putting pressure on them and said he spoke intently with each about their influence and highlighting injustices within the system. By Erika Marie December 08, 2021
Pop Culture Natalie Nunn Claims She Scored $1M Deal, Thanks To Nicki Minaj Natalie Nunn once said her chin makes millions. By Aron A. July 04, 2023
Music Rod Wave Speaks On Sampling Paramore In New Track "Crazy" "I wasn’t even aware that they weren’t fond of clearing songs until I was actually in that boat." By Tallie Spencer September 18, 2023
Music Giggs Recalls Pining For Music From Behind Bars Luckily, Giggs' manager eventually sent him plenty CDs to pick from. By Caroline Fisher September 09, 2023
Music King Von Shooting: New Video Shows Alleged Quando Rondo Altercation The alleged altercation between King Von and Quando Rondo was captured on video. By Alex Zidel November 11, 2020
Relationships Cardi B Explains Why She Didn't Address Rumors About Offset & Saweetie She's ignored the rumors, but Cardi is speaking—for the first time—about the gossip about Saweetie & Offset's alleged affair. By Erika Marie January 17, 2023
Pop Culture French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly & More Trend From "Rappers We Need To Leave In 2022" Viral Tweet The rappers were joined by Yeat and Jack Harlow on a list of supposedly bad rappers, which got people debating. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 01, 2023