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Music Wack 100 Claims He Actually Owns The Game's "Born 2 Rap" Royalties Wack 100 denied the possibility that The Game's "Born 2 Rap" royalties could now belong to his sexual assault accuser, since he himself owns these royalties. By Lynn S. April 19, 2020
Music Safaree Advises "Young Kings" To Stop Flexing Cash On Social Media Safaree Samuels added his two cents into the varying conversations that have sparked since the announcement of Pop Smoke's death. By Erika Marie February 20, 2020
Music Nicki Minaj & 6ix9ine's "Trollz" Breaks Record With 46 Million Views: Report Nicki Minaj and 6ix9ine have a hit on their hands as "Trollz" reportedly breaks a hip hop record with 46 million views. By Erika Marie June 12, 2020
Music Lil Nas X Feels "Pressure" To Be A Role Model In LGBTQ Community “I hope my actions are enough to inspire other young LGBTQ children." By Chantilly Post January 22, 2020
Music Pop Smoke's Housemate Denies Setting Him Up Pop Smoke's close friend and housemate, Mike Dee, has spoken about the rapper's death after being accused by fans of setting him up. By Alex Zidel February 19, 2020
Music "Love Island" Star Eve Gale Says Tyga's DM Attempt Is "Blown Out Of Proportion" The DM is real but Eve doesn't care so much. By Chantilly Post January 22, 2020
Music 50 Cent Fed Up With Teairra Mari's Games As He Tries To Collect $30K Judgment 50 Cent's trying to collect his judgment but Teairra Mari's made it extremely difficult. By Aron A. January 22, 2020
Pop Culture The "Cancel Culture" Vicious Circle: From Doja Cat To 6ix9ine Many debates have been had over the merits of "cancel culture," but how do these moments of outrage actually affect artists' numbers? By Noah John August 07, 2020
Random Swizz Beatz Explains Why Son Wore Skeleton Face Paint To Grammys Swizz Beatz's 19-year-old son wore this skeleton makeup as part of his artistic alter-ego, Note Marcato. By Noah C February 19, 2020
Music Roddy Ricch's "The Box" Hits Number One For Tenth Week Roddy Ricch remains a force to be reckoned with on the charts with "The Box" holding strong for a tenth week. By Mitch Findlay March 16, 2020
Music Wiz Khalifa Has Big Plans For 4/20 Wiz Khalifa is celebrating 4/20 in quarantine by partaking in the WeedMaps virtual festival, and possibly dropping a new album, as well. By Lynn S. April 18, 2020
Music Kehlani Calls Out Joe Budden For Mocking Her YG Breakup Song Joe Budden and co-hosts ripped apart Kehlani's breakup track about YG on the latest episode of their podcast. By Noah C February 19, 2020