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Pop Culture Diddy Gives JAY-Z Flowers For "Filling" Biggie & Tupac's Shoes After Their Deaths "That’s just me being a student of the game and loving the game and loving the culture and wanting to push the culture forward," HOV said during the Twitter Spaces in celebration of Biggie's 50th yesterday. By Hayley Hynes May 22, 2022
Pop Culture Shaquille O'Neal DJs In Buffalo, Donates Huge Sum To Shooting Victims Shaq donated $50,000 to the family of one of the Buffalo shooting victims. By Rex Provost June 26, 2022
Music Baby Keem Announces US Tour After "The Melodic Blue" Success Baby Keem is taking his talents and successes on the road. By Taiyo Coates January 26, 2022
Music Jack Harlow Calls Lil Nas X A "Hero" For Taking Criticism In Stride: "There's Still Homophobia" The pair collaborated on "Industry Baby" and while the backlash they both received was heavy, the song climbed the charts. By Erika Marie May 06, 2022
Music Justin Bieber Postpones Tour Date After COVID-19 Outbreak "Within The Justice Tour Family" Justin Bieber has postponed his next tour date due to COVID-19. By Cole Blake February 20, 2022
Music Joe Budden Confirms He Tested Positive For COVID-19 Joe Budden broke the news to his fans on Twitter. By Alexander Cole October 29, 2020
Music Swizz Beatz Dreams Of Hosting Tupac & Biggie, MJ & Prince "Verzuz" Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have some major aspirations for the future of "Verzuz." By Aron A. January 24, 2021
Music PartyNextDoor Calls Unknown Party "Culture Vulture" In Snapchat Video It seems like PND is spoiling for a fight. By Mitch Findlay May 30, 2017
Politics Steve Bannon's Rap Musical Is Even Worse Than We Thought Watch a table read of Steve Bannon's "The Thing I Am," a rap musical about the Rodney King riots. By Danny Schwartz May 01, 2017
Random Saudi Rapper Faces Arrest For Song Praising Women Of Mecca Saudi Arabian rapper Asayel Slay is being targeted by the governor of Mecca for her song empowering women from the holy city. By Noah C February 22, 2020
Music Dreamville's Ibrahim H Defends J. Cole's Message J. Cole's "Snow On Tha Bluff" has sparked a blizzard of its own, prompting Dreamville co-founder Ibrahim H to weigh in. By Mitch Findlay June 17, 2020
Relationships Tamar Braxton's Fans Attack Woman Who Said Hello To Singer's Boyfriend Tamar responded to the message, inciting her fans to fight on her behalf. By Erika Marie May 29, 2019