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Music Lil Rod Alleges Diddy, His Son Justin & Yung Miami Once Shared A Room On A Yacht Last year, producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones sued Diddy for allegedly coercing him into sexual acts and more. By Caroline Fisher July 03, 2025
Music Drake Blames Metro Boomin For Future's Involvement In Beef: "I Know He Had To Be An Influence" Drake was sick to his stomach after Future went against him. By Cole Blake May 04, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Gets Deeply Honest About Why Most Rappers Are Struggling On The Charts DJ Akademiks believes there are a handful of key factors playing into the lack of variety hip-hop is seeing on the charts. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Music Trippie Redd Claps Back At Kanye West For Claiming To Have Invented Rage Music Kanye West previously argued that his song, "Blood On The Leaves," was one of the first-ever songs in the genre. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Pop Culture DreamDoll Details Reality TV Origins, Transition To Rap, Coming Out As Bisexual & More This rising Bronx emcee may have launched her career on reality TV, but it doesn't define her future. DreamDoll talks to us about receiving advice from Rap vets, wanting to lock in a music video with Teyana Taylor, and revealing her sexuality through her music. By Erika Marie November 17, 2021
Music Kodak Black Responds To Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow" Going Diamond Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow" song title was inspired by Kodak Black's song "No Flockin." By Rose Lilah March 09, 2021
Music 8 Songs That Helped Lil Uzi Vert Blow Up in 2016 We take a look at eight records that helped Lil Uzi Vert blow up in 2016. By Narsimha Chintaluri January 06, 2017
Music Nelly Furtado Confirms She & Timbaland "Have Plans" For New Music Nelly Furtado says she and Timbaland have been discussing working on anew music together. By Cole Blake July 08, 2023
Music Future "MIXTAPE PLUTO" Production Credits Revealed An extensive number of producers and some frequent collaborators appear on Future's third release of 2024. By Devin Morton September 20, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Takes Nuanced Stance On Doechii In Response To Adin Ross' Scathing Criticism Adin Ross labeled Doechii an "unintelligent piece of sh*t" in a brutal response to her incident at the Met Gala. By Cole Blake May 14, 2025
Music Rappers Like Central Cee: Digga D, Unknown T, Ivorian Doll & More Explore the UK Drill scene beyond Central Cee. Discover artists like Digga D, Unknown T, Ivorian Doll, & Pa Salieu shaping the genre. By Jake Skudder June 22, 2023
Music Chris Brown Wins Court Battle Against His Former Manager Mike G Chris Brown just won a legal battle against his former manager who alleges that the singer beat him. By hnhh March 13, 2017