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Music Taylor Swift Slyly Tweaks Song Off "Tortured Poets Department" To Diss Kanye West This new spelling is also brings a different version of the original "thank you aIMee". By Zachary Horvath August 15, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Hit With Rape & Defamation Lawsuit: Details The woman claims Akademiks' friends also allegedly assaulted her. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2024
Music The Timeless Impact Of “Illmatic": Hip-Hop’s Love Of Nas’s Debut Album 30 Years Later Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is one of the most influential writers of our time, and what better time to celebrate that than this classic's 30th birthday? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2024
Music Jonathan Majors Goes To ESSENCE Fest Despite Legal Trouble Jonathan Majors was there with Meagan Good. By Jake Lyda July 03, 2023
Music Judge Tosses 50 Cent's $32M Conflict Of Interest Lawsuit Fif's been up to a lot lately. By Ben Mock July 01, 2023
Music Lil Baby Puts In Work On Funkmaster Flex Freestyle Lil Baby proves that anybody can and will get it on his new Funkmaster Flex freestyle. By Mitch Findlay March 06, 2020
Music Jennifer Lopez Styles On Em' In New Claim To "Baddest In The Game" The rare environmentally friendly thirst-trap. By Mitch Findlay May 17, 2019
Music R&B Icon James Ingram Dies At 66: Questlove, DJ Premier & Others Mourn The 80s sensation is said to have passed away from brain cancer. By Zaynab January 29, 2019
Music Tyga Reportedly Threatened Some Guys Over A Repo’d Car Before Being Dragged Out Club Tyga reportedly got into an altercation with some guys over a repo’d Maybach at Floyd’s party that resulted in him being dragged out. By Kevin Goddard February 26, 2019
Music Tech N9ne Announces “It Goes Up” Tour 2019 Tech N9ne is going on a nationwide tour this Spring. By Kevin Goddard February 25, 2019
Music Kanye West Refused To "Pose" For Photographer He Invited To Uganda The rapper might be considered "difficult to work with." By Zaynab January 29, 2019
Music Time Magazine Snubs Hip-Hop On "100 Most Influential People" List Time Magazine has shrugged off the impact of the hip-hop community. By Mitch Findlay April 17, 2019