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Music Jeezy Says Lil Wayne & B.G. Inspired His Name Choice Jeezy recently explained the history of his name with Elliott Wilson and B. Dot. By Cole Blake August 06, 2023
Music REASON Dismisses SwaVay & Ben Reilly's Biting Accusations After Joey Bada$$ Battle REASON's former collaborators SwaVay and Ben Reilly claimed he stole their material for his Joey Bada$$ diss track, "The Dead Apple." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music Lil Baby Reveals Where He & Gunna Stand Lil Baby has made up his mind. By Caroline Fisher December 19, 2024
Sports Fat Joe Gets Ruthlessly Clowned For His Performance At Yankees Game Even worse, the Yankees would go on to lose. By Zachary Horvath October 29, 2024
Music Trippie Redd Thinks Today's Rap Artists Are Trying To Recreate The 2017 Era Trippie Redd himself was one of the hottest names out in 2017, and we still feel the impact of "SoundCloud rap" today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 01, 2025
Music Danny Brown Reveals The Lesson Jay-Z And Ye Taught Him About Songwriting Credits Turns out he doesn't make any money off one of his biggest songs. By Lavender Alexandria April 15, 2024
Music Billie Eilish Says XXXTentacion Was "A Complete Tortured Genius" Billie Eilish speaks on Denzel Curry, Tierra Whack, and all things hip-hop. By Alex Zidel August 14, 2019
Original Content Lil Wayne, Drake & Nicki Minaj Put Young Money On The Map Lil Wayne's "The Carter III" era did not only mark the pinnacle of his career but the beginning of Young Money's reign at the top of the game. By Aron A. September 27, 2018
Music Lord Jamar Accuses The Notorious B.I.G. Of Having The Most "Out-Of-Pocket" Lyrics Ever Lord Jamar went off on Biggie for some of his more questionable lyrics. By Cole Blake October 09, 2024
Reviews Lil Baby "WHAM" Review Lil Baby doesn't necessarily move beyond his comfort zone on "WHAM" but flashes of his hit-making prowess are worthy highlights in his first offering in over two years. By Aron A. January 09, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Try To Storm Sold Out Arena In New Orleans To See Him Perform NBA YoungBoy performed two concerts in New Orleans as he continues to travel on his "Make America Slime Again" tour. By Cole Blake October 22, 2025
Pop Culture Sexyy Red & Chrisean Rock Twerk Barefoot In The BET Awards Aisles: Watch Kash Doll had a front row seat to the wild antics at this weekend's show. By Hayley Hynes June 26, 2023