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Music Grammys 2024 Nominees: A Look At Best Melodic Rap Performance Drake, 21 Savage, and SZA are just a few names added to the nominees in this category. Check out the tracks and let us know who you want to win. By Paul Barnes November 16, 2023
Music Lil Dicky Defends Chris Brown, Explains Why He's "Not Proud" Of "White Dude" Song The rapper-actor tackled some heavy backlash topics in a recent interview. By Erika Marie June 14, 2021
Original Content Hip-Hop's Best Verses: Ghostface Killah's "Shakey Dog" Kicking off our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," revisit one of rap's most explosive and detailed crime sagas, Ghostface Killah's masterful "Shakey Dog." By Mitch Findlay January 19, 2021
Original Content Young Thug's "Barter 6" Unlocked His Next Level Five years after the release of Young Thug's "Barter 6," we reflect on how the project set up Thug for stardom. By Rose Lilah April 16, 2020
Original Content Young Thug Vs Lil Uzi Vert: Who Had The Better Debut Album? Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert both built mainstream careers off of impressive mixtape discographies, but who reigned supreme when they dropped their long-awaited debut albums? By Cole Blake March 02, 2020
Music The Game & 40 Glocc Reaching Settlement In Assault Lawsuit: Report The end of this beef may be near. By Erika Marie June 29, 2019
Music Mathew Knowles Says Farrah Franklin Abandoned $50Mil When She Quit Destiny's Child She said she couldn't handle the workload. By Erika Marie December 12, 2019
Music French Montana Has Emotional Reunion With His Pet Monkey French Montana and his pet monkey Julius have been reunited. By Mitch Findlay May 28, 2018
Music Billie Eilish Speaks Out After Being Groped By A Fan Billie Eilish says it was an accident but offers a warning for the next time. By Alex Zidel May 01, 2019
Music R. Kelly Reveals He Wrote The "Ignition (Remix)" Before The Original R. Kelly has the Internet confused. By Aron A. February 26, 2018
Original Content 10 Most Influential Hip-Hop Movies Of All Time These movies influenced hip-hop culture, and the way America views it today. By Karlton Jahmal October 01, 2017
Music XXXTentacion's Mugshot Has Been Released XXXTentacion's mugshot has been revealed. By Mitch Findlay December 15, 2017