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Music Macklemore Says "Culture Vulture" Narrative "Wasn't My Truth" After beating out Kendrick's "good kid m.A.A.d. city" for Best Rap Album at the Grammys, Macklemore has faced "culture vulture" accusations. By Erika Marie March 22, 2023
Numbers Tory Lanez' "Daystar" Hit With Sales Decline Following initial "Daystar" sales projections, it would appear that Tory Lanez' latest album has suffered a small decline in first-week numbers. By Mitch Findlay September 30, 2020
Music Busta Rhymes Reflects On Debut Album's 25th Anniversary Twenty-five years ago, Busta Rhymes released "The Coming" and kicked off one of the most legendary rap careers the game has ever seen. By Mitch Findlay March 26, 2021
Music Gunna Parties With Drake, Future & More At His Star-Studded 28th Birthday Bash It was a celebration fit for a king. By Madusa S. June 15, 2021
Music Kanye West Skips His Own "Donda 2" After-Party, But Hits Floyd Mayweather's B-Day Party Ye was living it up with Money Mayweather in Miami. By Thomas Galindo February 24, 2022
Music Freddie Gibbs Says Elvis Should've Been Locked Up Like R. Kelly Freddie Gibbs offers his two cents on R. Kelly's guilty verdict. By Aron A. September 28, 2021
Music Lil Baby & Lil Durk's 'The Voice Of The Heroes' Receives A J. Cole Co-Sign The rap legend gave his stamp of approval to the new joint project from the emcees. By Madusa S. June 06, 2021
Sports Shaq Defends Rihanna's Super Bowl Performance Against Critics: "Shut It Up" He seemed to specifically target celebrities who have made negative comments about Ri's halftime show. By Erika Marie February 17, 2023
Music DJ Khaled Parties In Toronto With Fans Ahead Of New Album, "God Did" DJ Khaled was living it up in Toronto over the weekend ahead of the release of his new album, "God Did." By Cole Blake July 25, 2022
Pop Culture Kanye West "Beat To A Pulp" By Anti-Semitism Scandal, Donda Academy Student Athletics Halted The Chicago MC seems to have admitted defeat amid his partnership terminations, as students athletes from his school are left with no play. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 29, 2022
Music Twitter Reacts To Kendrick Lamar Throwing Off Kanye West & Drake's Album Rollouts Fans debate whether Kendrick Lamar will drop his final TDE album before Drake and Kanye West's long-awaited albums. By Joshua Robinson August 20, 2021
Music Charlamagne Tha God Questions Why People Are Ranking Jay-Z's Best Verses The radio host believes there are far too many stellar Hov bars in Jay-Z's catalog. By Erika Marie September 06, 2022