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Music Soundcloud Fires 40% Of Their Staff Soundcloud goes through a round of layoffs. By Matt F July 06, 2017
Music Guapdad 4000 Hit With Cease & Desist From The Gap Over New Merch He rejected the claim that the designs were similar and said, "I'm not ceasing sh*t!" By Erika Marie July 05, 2022
Music Jam Master Jay's Murder Trial Could Have Two Separate Juries Jay's murder trial could get even more complicated going forward. By Lavender Alexandria October 25, 2023
Music Lil Wayne, Travis Scott & ScHoolboy Q Headlining Rolling Loud's Bay Area Show Rolling Loud's Bay Area edition looks insane. By Mitch Findlay August 16, 2017
Music Lil Uzi Vert Shows Off New Iced-Out Chain & Rings Lil Uzi Vert flexes hard. By Matt F August 02, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: XXXTentacion Has Yet Another #1 With Lil Wayne & Ty Dolla's "Scared Of The Dark" XXXTentacion gets his fourth #1 in as many months with his, Lil Wayne, and Ty Dolla $ign's "Scared of the Dark." By Patrick Lyons December 17, 2018
Numbers Roddy Ricch's "The Box" Goes Octuple Platinum Roddy Ricch's "The Box" continues to be the gift that keeps on giving, turning in another million album-equivalent units and going eight times platinum. By Mitch Findlay January 15, 2021
Music Machine Gun Kelly Quarantine Jams Childish Gambino's "Redbone" Machine Gun Kelly is making use of his quarantine downtime by laying down some quality jam sessions. By Mitch Findlay March 20, 2020
Music Kanye West's "Sunday Service" Delivering Virtual Set For Easter A year ago, Kanye West and Sunday Service held a special Easter service during Coachella. Now, they're taking over the live stream, once again. By Aron A. April 11, 2020
Music Roddy Ricch Talks New Album & Collabing With Birdman & Lil Wayne Following the release of his new single, Roddy Ricch caught up with Zane Lowe to talk Lil Wayne collab, his creative process, and more. By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2021
Music J. Cole Set To Debut "Middle Child" Music Video On Monday J. Cole is amping up the GOAT talk ahead of Monday's "Middle Child" video release. By Devin Ch February 23, 2019
Music Nicki Minaj's Concert Woes: 4 Euro Venues Prep Emergency "Power Source" 6 of the remaining venues on the "Nicki WRLD" cannot assure the Barbies of a foolproof concert experience. By Devin Ch March 13, 2019