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Music The Weeknd Surpasses 500 Million Spotify Streams This Year Abel is the most streamed artist in 2022. By Thomas Galindo January 16, 2022
Music Producer Flow La Movie, His Partner, & Their Son All Killed In Tragic Plane Crash The Puerto Rican producer, his partner, and their kid were killed in a plane crash in the Dominican Republic. By Alex Zidel December 16, 2021
Music Mac Bre-Z Recalls 2005 Moment When She Was Punched By Gucci Mane Gucci's former collaborator detailed what led up to the viral incident. By Erika Marie December 17, 2020
Streetwear Lil Uzi Vert Releases "Eternal Atake" Merch Lil Uzi Vert has dropped some "Eternal Atake" merchandise inspired by the album's space theme. The items are available for pre-order now. By Lynn S. March 18, 2020
Original Content What Happened To Rakim's Aftermath Album With Dr. Dre? In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced. By Robert Blair March 24, 2020
Music Billie Eilish Defends Her XXXTentacion Tributes: "Don't Think I Deserve Getting Hate" Billie Eilish has been criticized in the past for supporting XXXTentacion. By Alex Zidel March 29, 2019
Original Content What's The Best Kanye West Era? Determining Kanye's best era of work. By Samuel Allan May 22, 2019
Music Rich The Kid And Lil Uzi Vert Have Squashed The Beef Resuscitated friends. By Mitch Findlay March 27, 2019
Reviews Tory Lanez "Chixtape 5" Review On "Chixtape 5," Tory Lanez uses 2000s nostalgia to craft a captivating soundtrack to the next decade. By Alexander Cole November 20, 2019
Sports Kevin Durant Is Living For New Young Thug: "Ridiculously Good At Your Craft" Young Thug is getting praise from all kinds of stars. By Alex Zidel September 27, 2018
Music XXXTENTACION's "Arms Around You" Excludes Rio Santana For Big Features Singer Rio Santana's has been teasing the collaboration with XXXTENTACION since 2017. By Aron A. October 26, 2018
Music Juice WRLD Sings Emotional Tribute To His Late Father Our sincere condolences go out to Juice WRLD. By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2019