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Music Nicki Minaj Appears To Diss Kanye West During Essence Festival Performance Nicki Minaj seemed to call Kanye West a "clown" during a performance of "Monster" at Essence Festival on Friday. By Cole Blake July 02, 2022
Music Drake's "God's Plan" Wins Best Rap Song At Grammys Drake accepts the award for Best Rap Song. By Milca P. February 10, 2019
Music Trick Trick Declares Detroit A "No Fly Zone" For Outsiders Amid Protests Trick Trick isn't allowing outside agitators to disrupt the march in Detroit. By Aron A. June 03, 2020
Music 22Gz Proves He's The Brooklyn Drill General In Funk Flex Freestyle 22Gz spits fire on Funk Flex. By Ben Bijur January 27, 2020
Music 21 Savage Announces Tour For "American Dream" With JID, Nardo Wick & More The North American trek, also assisted by 21 Lil Harold, kicks off on May 1 in Vancouver and wraps up on June 15 in Atlanta. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2024
Music Gang Starr's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Turns 34 Gang Starr's debut album 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' kicked an off an illustrious hip-hop career, blending hip-hop and jazz like never before. By Caleb Hardy June 09, 2023
Music Travis Scott's "UTOPIA" Ties With "ASTROWORLD" For His Longest-Running No. 1 Album The new album also broke its own record for the biggest vinyl sales week for any hip-hop album in recorded history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 20, 2023
Music Ashanti & Keyshia Cole's "Verzuz" Is Finally Happening Tonight But Fans Are Over It Fans are more than over the rescheduled "Verzuz" battle at this point. By Madusa S. January 21, 2021
Music LL Cool J Fixes Up Red Audi From "Bad" Cover & Donates To HOF The red Audi that was featured on the cover of LL Cool J's 1987 album "Bad" was donated to the Hall Of Fame after the rapper restored the vehicle. By Aron A. November 03, 2021
Music XXXTENTACION's Estate To Release SoundCloud Classic "Vice City" On Streaming Platforms Friday Today would have been X's 24th birthday. By Thomas Galindo January 23, 2022
Music Cassie Is Ready For Motherhood & Wants Daughter To Be Inspired By Her Music This is an exciting new chapter for the singer. By Erika Marie July 13, 2019
Music Teyana Taylor Celebrates "Maxim" Cover With Chris Brown, Offset, Clermont Twins & More After the party, the singer explained how she "f*cked" her husband Iman Shumpert "outta his air max 95's." By Erika Marie July 16, 2021