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Music Polo G Uses His Birthday To Reflect On 3-Year Ecstasy & Xanax Addiction Polo G is two months sober. By Alex Zidel January 06, 2020
Music Chuck D's Manager Clarifies Flavor Flav's Comments On Royalty Lawsuit Chuck D's manager responds to Flavor Flav's comments on his lawsuit over royalties. By Aron A. October 01, 2019
Music Earl Sweatshirt Sneak Disses Eminem & Kanye West Do Earl Sweatshirt's words border on curmudgeonly? By Devin Ch November 28, 2018
Original Content How Doja Cat's "Mooo!" Set The Tone For Her Career Transitioning from novelty to artist on the rise, we look at the ways in which Doja Cat's first viral smash has informed her career from here on out. By Robert Blair February 26, 2020
Music Drake Shares Alternate "Certified Lover Boy" Covers Drake shares a bunch of alternate cover artworks for his new album "Certified Lover Boy." By Alex Zidel September 13, 2021
Original Content Peewee Longway Is (Still) Atlanta's Best Kept Secret Despite never reaching the commercial heights of many of his collaborators, MPA's Peewee Longway has played an instrumental role in creating the Atlanta trap dynasty that we see today. By Robert Blair June 30, 2021
Music Megan Thee Stallion Explains Why She Admires "My Hero Academia" Character Megan shows off her anime knowledge once again. By Karlton Jahmal December 13, 2020
Original Content 42 Dugg Teases Lil Baby Collab Project, Talks Rapping In Prison & The Infamous Whistle 42 Dugg divulges on the wisdom he's picked up from Yo Gotti and Lil Baby, the reason why he whistles in all his songs, and more for "On The Come Up." By Alex Zidel November 12, 2020
Music Robin Thicke Recalls Robbery That Inspired "Shooter" With Lil Wayne The singer witnessed a bank robbery when he was a teen & wrote a song about it for his debut album, & later, Weezy used it for "Tha Carter II." By Erika Marie March 03, 2021
Music Charlamagne Tha God Calls Out Kanye West Over Big Sean Contract He shared on "The Breakfast Club" that "Kanye needs to do right by Big Sean" after signing him to a "terrible contract." By Erika Marie September 30, 2020
Music Young Thug Says Lil Durk Made Him Promise To Never Reveal Computer Meme Origin Young Thug said he made a promise to Lil Durk to never disclose the origins of the viral computer meme. By Aron A. October 19, 2021
Music Frank Ocean Launches Independent Luxury Company “Homer” Frank is finally launching his fashion project with a collection of fine jewelry. By Kevin Goddard August 06, 2021