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Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Loses Top Billboard 200 Spot To Taylor Swift Kendrick Lamar's latest album has taken a small step back on the charts. By Cole Blake December 09, 2024
Music Omarion Discusses B2K's Initial Break Up & Getting Dissed By Bandmates The singer talked about what led up to the group's disbanding years ago. By Erika Marie November 11, 2019
Original Content 30 Unconventional Marketing Methods Used By Hip-Hop Artists Sometimes in order to win the game, you have to switch up how you play. We take a look at artists who have found success playing by their own marketing rules over the years. By KC Orcutt June 24, 2017
Music Tevin Campbell Threatens Legal Action Against Jaguar Wright Over Accusations Wright claimed that the "Can We Talk" singer was once a prostitute who sold sex for drugs. By Erika Marie October 02, 2020
Music Kelly Rowland's "Chasing Destiny" Group Says She Hasn't Been Involved In Their Career Rowland created the group on a docuseries but hasn't been involved with developing their career now that the show is over. By Erika Marie May 18, 2019
Music Diddy Paid Yung Miami & 50 Cent's Baby Mama For Sex Work Monthly, Court Docs Allege Yung Miami is also accused of trafficking "pink cocaine" for Diddy. By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2024
Music “What Did I Miss?”: Drake’s "Iceman" Rollout, Wireless Festival & The Fight To Reclaim The Narrative Drake’s officially in album rollout mode, but "Iceman" will have to do more than address public fallouts to shift the narrative around his name. By Aron A. July 09, 2025
Music Drake Re-Affirms His Longevity As "Take Care" Reaches Impressive New Milestone Drake's "Take Care" was released all the way back in 2011, although the album continues to break new ground on the Billboard charts. By Alexander Cole October 29, 2025
Music Turk & His Wife Claim Cash Money Booted Him From Tour After He Refused A Payment Reduction Turk of the Hot Boys recently reignited a best rapper debate at the Atlanta stop of the Cash Money reunion tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Lil Durk Unveils Release Date For "Deep Thoughts" Amidst Legal Drama Lil Durk has been dealing with a lot off wax, but he claims to have new music ready sooner than you'd expect. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025
Music Young Thug & Veeze Salute Each Other, Fans Request Collab Slime respects the new star. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 12, 2025
Music YSL Duke Appears To Diss Yak Gotti In Fiery Rant YSL has been surrounded by drama, this week, as Young Thug has also been facing backlash over a resurfaced police interrogation. By Cole Blake August 28, 2025