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Music Tray Savage Shot Dead At 26 Glo Gang artist Tray Savage was killed during fatal shooting on the South Side of Chicago. He was 26 years old. By Lynn S. June 19, 2020
Numbers 2021's Most Streamed Rappers: Drake, Lil Baby, MGK & More Drake, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Machine Gun Kelly, and more stand as the top-ten most-streamed rappers of 2021. By Mitch Findlay April 01, 2021
Music Queen Naija Denies Being A Colorist, Addresses Previous "Nappy-Headed" Comments In 2017, Queen Naija shared a story about being bullied by "Black," "ugly," "nappy-headed" girls. People accused her of colorism, but she ha returned to explain the situation in detail. By Erika Marie August 04, 2020
Music Future Floored That He's Surpassed Elvis Presley In Billboard Hits Future celebrated becoming the artist with the fourth highest number of Billboard Hot 100 entries of all time, beating out Elvis Presley. By Lynn S. May 27, 2020
Relationships Jermaine Dupri Won't Work With Janet Jackson Again Because Of Fans' Criticism While they were dating, Jermaine Dupri helped produce Janet Jackson's ninth studio album—a record that not all critics were fond of. By Erika Marie July 27, 2020
Music Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Don't Submit "WAP" For Grammy Consideration Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion choose not to submit "WAP" for consideration at this year's GRAMMY Awards. By Alex Zidel October 13, 2020
Numbers Eminem's "Lose Yourself" Hits One Billion Spotify Streams Eminem adds another major milestone to his collection as "Lose Yourself" surpasses over one billion Spotify streams. By Mitch Findlay October 12, 2020
Music Chanel West Coast Names Nicki Minaj As The Reason Her Young Money Deal Didn't Work Out Chanel West Coast says that Nicki Minaj didn't want her on Young Money, which is why her deal never worked out. By Alex Zidel June 14, 2021
Music Tyler, The Creator Shouts Out NBA YoungBoy: "He's Such A Sweetheart" Tyler, The Creator spoke about YoungBoy Never Broke Again during his recent pop-up concert, calling the rapper a "sweetheart." By Alex Zidel July 02, 2021
Music Teejayx6 Calls Playboi Carti's Album "Terrible", Tells Iggy Azalea To "Shut Up" Teejayx6 made it very clear that he is not a fan of Playboi Carti's new album "Whole Lotta Red". By Alex Zidel December 25, 2020
Music Omarion Discusses B2K's Initial Break Up & Getting Dissed By Bandmates The singer talked about what led up to the group's disbanding years ago. By Erika Marie November 11, 2019
Original Content 6ix9ine's "GUMMO" Two Years Later: The Beginning Of The End As Daniel Hernandez's world continues to unravel before our eyes, we revisit the track that started it all. By Robert Blair September 23, 2019