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Music 50 Cent Refutes Claim That The Game Wrote "What Up Gangsta": "You Wasn't Even Around" 50 Cent wants the credit he thinks he deserves. By Rex Provost August 13, 2022
Music NBA YoungBoy Promotes "Sincerely, Kentrell" With "No Features Necessary" Billboards NBA YoungBoy lets everyone know that he didn't need any guest features to deliver a hit with "Sincerely, Kentrell." By Joshua Robinson September 24, 2021
Music DJ Khaled, Mary J. Blige, Lil Wayne, & Migos To Perform At Dunk Contest DJ Khaled will be bringing out his friends for this year's dunk contest By Marc Griffin February 16, 2022
Music The Game Doubles Down On Stance That He's Better Than Eminem: "Let's Rap About It" Who y'all got? By Thomas Galindo March 06, 2022
Music Cardi B Calls Out "Industry B*tches" For Sending Her Weird DMs Twitter wanted Cardi to @ people. By Thomas Galindo March 06, 2022
Music Rick Ross Tells Women His Sweat Is Expensive Y'all letting Ross sweat on you? By Thomas Galindo March 06, 2022
Music Bhad Bhabie Wants Young Thug Collab But Admits She's "Scared To Ask" The "Miss Understood" rapper is planning on dropping a project this year—maybe—and spoke about Thugger being one of her favorite artists. By Erika Marie October 22, 2021
Original Content Drakeo The Ruler Always Counted His Blessings: Our Final Interview With The West Coast Staple In one of the rapper's last interviews before his death, Drakeo the Ruler expressed his gratitude for being able to pursue a rap career, and was equally awestruck that he had managed to obtain such a position of power and influence within the west coast specifically. We conducted this interview with Drakeo for our "12 Days of Christmas" series on December 12, 2021, during Rolling Loud, California. By Angela Savage December 22, 2021
Music Roddy Ricch Confesses That He Once Had Suicidal Thoughts On "LIVE LIFE FAST" Roddy Ricch reveals that he used to want to die on "LIVE LIFE FAST" standout track "crash the party." By Joshua Robinson December 17, 2021
TV Halle Berry On Cardi B Comments: "There's Room For More Than One Queen" The "Bruised" director, along with Cardi B, responded when fans tried to reawaken the Cardi vs. Nicki debate. By Angela Savage November 16, 2021
Music Big Sean & Hit-Boy Discuss Difficulties Working With Kanye West Big Sean explained that his comments were made prior to Kanye West's "Drink Champs" appearance. By Aron A. November 16, 2021
Numbers Summer Walker Ties Billboard Record With 18 Songs In Hot 100 Walker's second album continues to rack up the accolades. By Taylor McCloud November 16, 2021