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Music Angie Stone's Family Issues A Statement As More Details About Fatal Car Crash Emerge Angie Stone is one of the most crucial artists in the bond between hip-hop and R&B, cementing her musical legacy for the rest of time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Drake Admits iHeartMedia Did Nothing Wrong As Both Sides Finalize Their Settlement Drake had accused iHeartMedia of accepting illegal payola payments from UMG to boost the radio airplay of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Rick Ross Takes Fans On A Night Ride Up To His Promise Estate Rick Ross calls his Atlanta estate "The Promise Land." It was formerly owned by heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 23, 2025
Music Tiny Harris Recalls Biggie Smalls Apologizing For Xscape Diss Line In "Just Playin (Dreams)" Xscape were among a laundry list of R&B singers that The Notorious B.I.G. raps about messing with on Ready To Die. Another was Mariah Carey. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Relationships Kanye West Says DJ Akademiks Touched His Soul By Rebuking The Kardashians Kanye West has been ranting about his co-parenting situation with Kim Kardashian on social media for a number of weeks. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music Mustard Calls Drake Out At Coachella While Playing "Not Like Us" The day after this Mustard Coachella set, Kendrick Lamar also threw shade at Drake at the opening of his "Grand National" tour with SZA. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Receives Immense Praise For Dynamic Coachella Set Megan Thee Stallion did run into some technical issues and was booted off stage, but her performance was maybe the best of the weekend. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music Summer Walker Remixes Her Heart On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Summer Walker, kwn, Savannah Ré, and Rema filled up our "R&B Season" playlist update this week. Which release was your favorite? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Sada Baby Explains The Backstory Of His Viral Mushot Sada Baby says police arrested him after a minor traffic violation in Detroit and he had to pay a small fine. By Cole Blake April 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes Gunna's "The Last Wun" Will Outsell Young Thug & Lil Baby's Upcoming Projects Gunna just released his last album under YSL Records fittingly titled "The Last Wun" yesterday costarring Offset, Burna Boy, and more. By Zachary Horvath August 09, 2025
Music Akon Labels Former Friend Be.I A "Scammer" In Fiery Exchange Be.I has since responded to Akon's fiery comments, calling out Akon City and accusing him of also being a scammer as well. By Cole Blake July 30, 2025
Music Akon Wants To Fight Someone In A Celebrity Boxing Match The news comes after Akon shut down rumors about his "Akon City" project getting scrapped by the Senegalese government. By Cole Blake July 24, 2025