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Music Burna Boy Ramps Up His Rollout On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update This week's "R&B Season" playlist update includes Burna Boy, Coco Jones, and Chxrry22. Which one is your favorite? By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2025
Music Young Thug & Brian Steel Visit Alternative Georgia High School To Talk To At-Risk Youth Following the YSL RICO trial, Young Thug is committed to showing kids a better way out of their situation and giving back to his community. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 01, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year Kendrick Lamar dominated the charts in 2025, mostly from his album, "GNX," as well as his popular Drake diss, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's 7 Best Collabs Vibe with some of A Boogie’s best musical partnerships. By Demi Phillips August 14, 2023
Music Prosecutors Unleash On Diddy Over Plans To Speak In Miami Next Week Diddy's sentencing hearing is currently underway, and he could be facing up to 20 years behind bars for his charges. By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2025
Music SZA Gets Into Fiery Exchange With Fans Demanding “Lana” Album Updates SZA is fed up. By Caroline Fisher January 17, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas Died "Several Weeks" Before Her Body Was Found In D4vd's Car Authorities discovered the dismembered body of Celeste Rivas in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025
TV Blueface Locks Women Up In Jail For Hectic New Dating Show Blueface's new dating show comes after he got out of prison, last month, having spent nearly two years behind bars. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Drake’s “For All The Dogs” Reaches Major Chart Milestone Years After Release Drake is currently gearing up to drop his ninth studio album, "ICEMAN," which does not have an official release date. By Caroline Fisher September 17, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria" Diss Was Originally 19 Minutes Long Dot had even more to say about Drake, apparently. By Elias Andrews April 30, 2024
Music Jacquees Dubs Trey Songz A "Rapist" While Detailing Alleged Fight Out In Dubai, Trey Songz Seemingly Responds Jacquees has also banned Trey Songz from Atlanta. By Alexander Cole February 02, 2024
Music Lil Baby’s Lawyers Slam Atlanta Police For Blaming Teenagers’ Murders On Him Recently, the Atlanta Police Department suggested that a Lil Baby music video shoot allegedly prompted the murder of two 13-year-old boys. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025