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Music DJ Akademiks: "I Almost Made Drake & XXXTentacion Be Friends" Sadly, Drake and XXXTentacion never had a chance to fully mend the fences. By Mitch Findlay July 16, 2018
Music Ski Mask The Slump God Remembers XXXTentacion 4 Months After His Death Ski Mask is having a hard time with the loss of his friend. By Alex Zidel October 18, 2018
Music "L&HHMia" Bobby Lytes Says He'd Be A Platinum Artist By Now If He Wasn't Gay Is his sexual orientation the only thing holding him back from platinum status? By Erika Marie April 29, 2019
Music Melle Mel Believes Ja Rule Tried To "Sound Hard" Like 50 Cent The Rap pioneer thinks too many artists mess up their careers trying to copy their peers, & he used these two beefing rappers as examples. By Erika Marie March 17, 2023
Music Iggy Azalea Addresses Rumor She Was "Bullied" Away From Music Iggy Azalea says she's pausing her work on new music. By Cole Blake January 03, 2024
Music The Weeknd Reveals "The Dawn Era" Has Arrived With Kendrick Lamar Meme Top of the morning to "The Dawn Era." By Joshua Robinson September 22, 2021
Music 6ix9ine Questions Why Pop Smoke, Nipsey Hussle, & King Von Weren't "Caught Lacking" When 6ix9ine was kidnapped years ago, he faced backlash over being "caught lacking," but he wonders why "favorite rappers" don't face the same ridicule. By Erika Marie April 18, 2022
Music Lloyd Banks Celebrates 16 Years Of "The Hunger For More" Lloyd Bank's "The Hunger For More" turns sixteen, prompting the rapper to share a few words of celebration. By Mitch Findlay June 29, 2020
Pop Culture Drake & Nelly Furtado Perform "I'm Like A Bird" Together At OVO Fest: Watch Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, Saukrates, Glenn Lewis, Jully Black and Maestro Fresh Wes were among other Canadians who took the stage last night. By Hayley Hynes July 29, 2022
Music Faith Evans Recalls A Time She & Biggie Smoked Weed With Whitney Houston Faith Evans remembers special times with Whitney. By Chantilly Post November 11, 2019
Music Yelawolf Claps Back At Post Malone And His "Little Brother" G-Eazy Yelawolf questions Post Malone's "balls," or lack thereof. By Mitch Findlay March 13, 2019
Music Travis Scott Thinks Back To A Car Ride With Stormi And How That Inspired "UTOPIA" Stormi helped Travis get back to his La Flame era. By Zachary Horvath November 15, 2023