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Music Biz Markie's Wife Speaks As Hip Hop Reacts To News Of His Passing The late rapper's wife revealed that she was next to him when he took his final breath. By Erika Marie July 17, 2021
Music Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, & Lil Wayne, & Pusha T Trend On Twitter J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, and Pusha T all started trending on Twitter this morning for no discernible reason. By Mitch Findlay August 12, 2021
Music Don Toliver Says Working With Kanye West Was A "Crazy Blessing" The "Heaven Or Hell" rapper stopped by Hot 97 to talk about working with Kanye. By Taylor McCloud October 07, 2021
Music Judge Blocks Dame Dash's Attempt To Get A Restraining Order To Stop Roc-A-Fella Meeting A judge has denied Dame Dash's last-minute attempt to get a temporary restraining order to stop a Roc-A-Fella meeting. By Cole Blake July 16, 2021
Numbers Juice WRLD Posthumously Earns 50 New Platinum & Gold Certifications Juice WRLD posthumously earned 50 new RIAA gold & platinum certifications last week, including a 9-times platinum certification for "Lucid Dreams." By Alex Zidel November 02, 2021
Music Megan Thee Stallion Celebrates "Good News" Being Certified Platinum Megan Thee Stallion celebrated "Good News" going platinum on social media, Thursday. By Cole Blake July 16, 2021
Music Pop Smoke's Close Friend, Mike Dee, Voices Frustration Over Posthumous Album, "Faith" Pop Smoke's close friend, Mike Dee, says he had no involvement in the rapper's new posthumous album, "Faith." By Cole Blake July 16, 2021
Music Flo Milli Snubbed In Key BET Awards Category, Fans Explode Fans argue that Flo Milli wasn't nominated for "Best Female Hip-Hop Artist" because of colorism. By Alex Zidel May 28, 2021
Music Anthony Fantano Hopes New Kendrick Lamar Snippet Is Fake Kendrick Lamar fans are confused about his verse on Baby Keem's "Range Brothers." By Alex Zidel September 09, 2021
Reviews Meek Mill "Expensive Pain" Review A solid and often revelatory album, "Expensive Pain" certainly doesn't displace Meek Mill from his hard-earned position among hip-hop’s front-runners, but it seems unlikely that it’ll be the moment where all of his naysayers see the error of their ways, either. By Robert Blair October 07, 2021
Music Bobby Shmurda Says He Hasn't Had Control Of His Music For 8 Years Bobby doesn't know when his new music will drop. By Thomas Galindo December 01, 2021
Music 42 Dugg Reportedly Set To Take Plea Deal In Federal Gun Possession Case 42 Dugg will reportedly be reaching a plea agreement for his federal gun possession case. By Kevin Goddard May 28, 2021