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Music Young Dolph's Artist Kenny Muney Denies Being Shot During Altercation In Atlanta Contrary to police reports and local news coverage, Kenny Muney denies being hit with any bullets during the shooting in Atlanta on Monday. By Joshua Robinson May 20, 2021
Music Diddy Says He's Starting A New R&B Record Label Diddy says he is starting a new R&B record label. By Cole Blake August 03, 2021
Music Megan Thee Stallion Explains Twitter Breaks: "People Lie On This App" She added that people "believe they own lie" and will continue to argue. By Erika Marie July 08, 2021
Music Missy Elliott Reveals Aaliyah's "One In A Million" Demo Was Created For "Rap Singing" Missy & Timbaland wrote the song & she explained how her views of her own talents helped shape the classic single. By Erika Marie May 15, 2021
Music Snoop Dogg Takes On Advisor Role At Def Jam Snoop Dogg has officially taken on a new role at Def Jam, joining the storied label as a senior strategic advisor. By Mitch Findlay June 07, 2021
Numbers Young Thug & YSL Score Win Big With 'Slime Language 2' Sales Projections Early predictions for first work sales of the latest collaborative project from the label sets them up for a major win. By Madusa S. April 18, 2021
Music Boosie Defies Odds By Hitting The Club In His Wheelchair After Being Shot Even after surviving a gunshot wound to the leg a few weeks ago, Boosie Badazz proved the party never stops by pulling up to a South Carolina club on hot wheels — a wheelchair, that is. By Keenan Higgins November 27, 2020
Music Billie Eilish, Yung Bleu & ROSALÍA Hold Down Our "R&B Season" Playlist Some smooth R&B drops to get you through the week. By Aron A. January 24, 2021
Music Twitch Shamelessly Replaces Audio Of Metallica's BlizzCon Show To Avoid DMCA Twitch replaced the audio from Metallica's performance during BlizzCon 2021 with non-copyrighted music in order to avoid a DMCA strike. By Cole Blake February 20, 2021
Music JT Sings Her Heart Out To Summer Walker's "Session 32" The City Girls rapper jammed out to one of Summer's earliest tracks. By Madusa S. January 24, 2021
Numbers BRS Kash's "Throat Baby (Go Baby)" Goes Platinum BRS Kash's breakout hit "Throat Baby (Go Baby)" achieves platinum status, less than a year after its release. By Joshua Robinson March 19, 2021
Music Rackboy Cam Awarded $1.7 Million In Lawuit Over YFN Lucci, PnB Rock Hit The rapper accused the pair of copying his track, "Everything Be Lit" to create their song, "Everyday We Lit." By Erika Marie March 18, 2021