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Music Lil Kim Credits Trina For Helping Her After She Lost Her Father Trina recently lost her mother to cancer. By Erika Marie October 31, 2019
Music Summer Walker Declares She's Quitting Music & Twitter Is Over It Summer Walker declared that she is "never making another song after 2020" this week, and while some Twitter users were devastated, others found the announcement attention-seeking. By Lynn S. February 12, 2020
Music Pitchfork Music Festival 2020 Cancelled Due To COVID-19 The 2020 Pitchfork Music Festival, which was scheduled to take place over the July 17-19 weekend, has officially been cancelled due to COVID-19. By Lynn S. May 06, 2020
Music 50 Cent Issues Promising Update On Pop Smoke Album 50 Cent speaks with Ebro Darden for Beats 1 Radio on Apple Music, giving an update on the posthumous Pop Smoke album that he is executive producing. By Alex Zidel May 06, 2020
Music Drake Announces Popcaan's First OVO Sound Project "Vanquish" OVO x Unruly. By Aron A. December 19, 2019
Music 50 Cent Vows To Get Pop Smoke's Mother To An Awards Show With Posthumous Album 50 Cent is pulling out all stops. By Milca P. March 08, 2020
Random Shyheim Talks Getting "Out Of Control" Following Mother's Death From Heroin Overdose He was already spiraling, but his mother's death changed his life dramatically. By Erika Marie February 11, 2020
Music Westside Gunn Credits Kanye, DJ Premier For Motivating Him During COVID-19 Recovery Westside Gunn recently battled COVID-19 and was motivated to push through with his "Pray for Paris" project by friends like Kanye West, DJ Premier, and Virgil Abloh. By Erika Marie May 04, 2020
Music Lil Tjay Apologizes For Losing Control Following a weekend of conflict across social media, Lil Tjay has decided to bury the hatchet and denounce all beef. By Mitch Findlay May 04, 2020
Music Chris Brown & Young Thug Announce New Mixtape Chris Brown and Young Thug are working on a brand new collaborative mixtape and it's supposedly "coming soon." By Alex Zidel April 06, 2020
Music Ice-T Appalled By Donald Trump's "Law And Order" Tweet Ice T isn't here for Donald Trump's invocation of "Law And Order," taking to Twitter to voice his displeasure. By Mitch Findlay June 01, 2020
Music Prince Estate Shares Handwritten Note On Intolerance & New "Baltimore" Video Prince's 2015 track "Baltimore" receives a new music video on the artist's birthday. By Cole Blake June 07, 2020