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Original Content NBA Youngboy's Engineer Jason "Cheese" Goldberg Discusses "The Last Slimeto" Sessions & How "Heart & Soul" Helped Reignite The Creative Spark Jason “Cheese” Goldberg discusses his background in engineering, the process behind NBA Youngboy’s "The Last Slimeto," and much more. By Aron A. August 11, 2022
Relationships NBA Youngboy & Yaya Mayweather's Rocky Relationship: A Timeline "On-again off-again" doesn’t even begin to describe what’s happened in NBA Youngboy & Yaya Mayweather's less-than two-year romance. By Isaiah Cane September 09, 2020
Music OVO's Baka Not Nice "Weird Case" Controversy: Breaking Down The Allegations & Conviction Baka Not Nice's past became a point of conversation following the release of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Demi Phillips May 15, 2024
Music Meek Mill Gets One Last Word In Amid DJ Akademiks Beef Meek Mill and DJ Akademiks have been going back and forth on social media, and Meek has clearly had enough. By Alexander Cole September 22, 2026
Music BIA Uses Cardi B’s Ruthless “Am I The Drama?” Diss To Her Advantage BIA made light of Cardi B's latest jabs while promoting her upcoming debut album "BIANCA," which drops next month. By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2025
Music Eminem & Juice WRLD's "Godzilla" Named Newest WWE Raw Theme Song The Juice WRLD collaboration previously served as a single for Eminem's 2020 album, "Music to Be Murdered By." By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Clowned Online For Gay Porn Star Lookalike Confusion The rapper was not in any gay porn, despite what Twitter might like you to believe. By Noah Grant May 17, 2023
Music Lil Uzi Vert's Forehead Diamond Is Gone Unpacking the journey of Lil Uzi Vert's diamond implant. By Paul Barnes March 03, 2023
Original Content What Happened To Backpack Rap? We document the rise and fall of the subgenre known as backpack rap. By Robert Blair June 22, 2022
Music 7 No. 1 Rap Songs From 2013 From Jay-Z, to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and the return of Eminem. By Demi Phillips September 11, 2023
Music JAŸ-Z Already Warned Us: 2026 Is All Offense JAY-Z's performance at the Roots Picnic attempted to reclaim control of a narrative that's increasingly split between the rapper and the institution. By Aron A. June 03, 2026
Music Grimes Net Worth 2023: How Much Is The Singer Worth? The artistic voyage of Grimes: from background and early life to career peaks, personal interests, philanthropy, and business pursuits. By Jake Skudder August 22, 2023