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Music The Weeknd Speaks Directly To You In Surreal "Alone With Me" Experience The Weeknd continues to explore new technologies with his immersive and surreal "Alone With Me" listening experience. By Mitch Findlay August 18, 2020
Numbers Roddy Ricch's "The Box" Hits One Billion Streams Roddy Ricch's iconic single "The Box" has officially hit a major milestone, surpassing one billion streams on Spotify. By Mitch Findlay October 05, 2020
Music King Von Memorialized Through Chicago Billboard A little over one month removed from his death, a Chicago billboard has been spotted memorializing King Von's legacy. By Mitch Findlay December 07, 2020
Music Takashi Murakami Reveals Unrealized Juice WRLD Anime Collab In an interview with Genius News, Takashi Murakami revealed that the late Juice WRLD had approached him for an anime project weeks prior to his death. By Joshua Robinson February 19, 2021
Music Young Thug, 21 Savage & NBA YoungBoy Provoke Haters With Rape Threats 21 Savage and YoungBoy Never Broke Again co-signed the message. By Alex Zidel December 12, 2018
Music Xzibit Explains The Game's Story About Learning He Wasn't From L.A. Xzibit brings clarity to a tale from 2005's West Coast Peace Treaty when The Game first learned that Xzibit was allegedly from New Mexico. By Erika Marie April 02, 2020
Music Lil Wayne's Original Version Of "Tha Carter V" Reportedly Leaks Online People are going crazy over an alleged leak of the original "C5." By Alex Zidel September 13, 2019
Music 2 Chainz & Amerie Perform "Rule The World" On "Ellen" After the show, the pair posed for pictures with Amerie's son. By Erika Marie May 30, 2019
Music Brasstracks Breaks Down Chance The Rapper "No Problem" Beat Brasstracks deconstructs the making of "No Problem." By Danny Schwartz March 15, 2017
Music Westside Gunn Shares Virgil Abloh Designed "Pray For Paris" Cover Following the reveal of the stacked "Pray For Paris" tracklist, Westside Gunn has revealed the official cover art designed by Virgil Abloh. By Mitch Findlay April 03, 2020
Music Florida Rapper Icy Narco Reportedly Arrested For Outstanding Warrant Icy has since been released. By Chantilly Post October 19, 2018
Music Owner Of "Club Lust" In Brooklyn Files $125 Million Blackmail Case Against NYPD Imran Jairam alleges NYPD officers targeted his hip hop club for three years straight. By Devin Ch May 23, 2018