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Music Kalan.FrFr Wants To "Make The West Great Again": On New Album, Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," & West Coast Mount Rushmore Kalan.FrFr shares his thoughts about about unity in the West Coast, as well as the feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. By Tallie Spencer May 16, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Leaked Verse For Frank Ocean’s “Nights” Has Fans Split Social media users feel strongly about Kendrick's scrapped "Nights" verse. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2024
Music Lil Yachty Creates Concrete Rekordz With Support From Quality Control & HYBE Concrete Boys dropped their "FAMILY BUSINESS" single earlier this morning. By Zachary Horvath March 29, 2024
Original Content 10 Essential Sampha Tracks Re-introducing the world's next colossal vocal phenomenon, Sampha. By Devon Jefferson April 16, 2017
Music Kanye West Clears Up Rumors About Leaked James Blake Collab Album Kanye West recently took to X to respond after Albe Back claimed to have written a song called "What I Would've Said At Virgil's Funeral." By Caroline Fisher January 01, 2026
Original Content Pride Month 2025: Artists Who Redefined Visibility In Hip Hop & R&B Coming out in rap hasn’t always been safe or celebrated. Yet, over time, artists like Frank Ocean & Lil Nas X forced Hip Hop to pay attention. By Erika Marie June 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Bizarrely Changes His Album Title To "Cuck" Kanye West has already confirmed that he'll be working with Dave Blunts on several songs off of the upcoming project. By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Profiles Behind The Beat: Harry Fraud For the latest installment of Behind the Beat, we interviewed Coke Boys producer and Surf School leader Harry Fraud, a New York legend in the making. By Angus Walker April 07, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Young M.A Tracks A Young M.A primer. By Danny Schwartz January 23, 2017
Original Content Eminem's Machine Gun Kelly Diss "KILLSHOT": The Hardest Bars Eminem strikes Machine Gun Kelly with the counter riposte on "KILLSHOT." By Mitch Findlay September 14, 2018
Original Content Why Lloyd Banks Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time 50 may be the driver behind G-Unit, but Lloyd Banks is the engine. By Karlton Jahmal December 23, 2017
Music XXXTENTACION Announces That He's Going To College Looks like XXXTENTACION is about to live the college life. By Aron A. March 13, 2018