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Music DJ Issues Apology To Gunplay For Playing 50 Cent On His Birthday He said that he's a young guy who wasn't aware of the history between Gun and Fif. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2023
Music Tupac's Father Disappointed With Hulu's "Dear Mama" Docuseries Garland says he's not a fan of his interview in the docuseries. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2023
Music CJ Fly & Statik Selektah Make For A Perfect Team On "RUDEBWOY" Brooklyn's own CJ Fly drops his new album "RUDEBWOY" produced entirely by Statik Selektah with Joey Bada$$ and all the Pro Era homies as featured guests. By Keenan Higgins March 07, 2020
Music Ari Lennox Goes On R-Rated Rant Defending Rihanna's Right To Take Her Time "Let the queen breathe." By Noah C January 21, 2020
Music DJ Paul & Trippie Redd Sued For Copyright Infringement Over "Death" Single DJ Paul is already facing one lawsuit from a group of artists taking Three 6 Mafia to court, and now another legal battle with Trippie Redd is underway. By Erika Marie March 04, 2020
Music Swizz Beatz Reveals Why Nas, JAY-Z, Jadakiss & DMX "Posse Cut" Was Left Off "Poison" The posse cut of the century has been heard in CDQ by no more than 50 people. By Devin Ch November 18, 2018
Music Young Thug & ASAP Rocky Spotted In Studio Ahead Of "PUNK" Release The two rappers were photographed in the lab just weeks ahead of Thugger's mid-October release date By Taylor McCloud September 28, 2021
Music Drake, The Weeknd, J. Cole Facetimed 11-Year-Old Battling Cancer Before He Died Drake, J. Cole, The Weeknd, and 2018 Nascar Cup driver Joey Logano showed love to 11-year-old cancer patient Elijah before he died this week. By Aron A. March 31, 2020
Music Drake's Dad Got A Big Tattoo Of Drake's Face Like father, like son. By Trevor Smith September 30, 2017
Music El-P Passionately Defends Killer Mike After Controversial NRA Interview “i can not and will not ever turn my back on this man. he wouldn’t turn his on me. or you." By Mitch Findlay March 26, 2018
Music Bruno Mars Finds Support In Black Artists Amidst Cultural Appropriation Allegations While many believe it's cultural appropriation, some artists are coming to Bruno's defense. By hnhh March 12, 2018
Music Skepta Finally Announces New Album, Lead Single Coming In January "Knife And Fork" is coming in 2024, and the UK spitter will kick off the end of his full-length drought with "Gas Me Up (Diligent)" this month. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 01, 2024