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Music Young Guru Defends Young Producers Sampling Early 2000s Hits Young Guru puts things into perspective. By Aron A. May 25, 2022
Music Verzuz Announces Performances, Will Host First Ever Label Matchup There are plans for a Juneteenth Special and "Fight Night Music" Boxing Special with Onyx and Cypress Hill. By Erika Marie March 23, 2022
Sports Adrien Broner Begs For Young Thug And Gunna's Freedom On IG In light of Young Thug and Gunna's arrest, Adrien Broner took to IG to ask for their freedom. By Brianna Lawson May 12, 2022
Music Kevin Durant Reacts To Beyoncé's Decision To Remove Ableist Slur From "Heated" Kevin Durant says that Beyoncé deciding to remove an ableist slur from the lyrics to "Heated" is a "joke." By Cole Blake August 01, 2022
Music Deiondra Sanders Shares Pregnancy Update Brushing Off Dreezy's Claims About Jacquees The drama surrounding the trio was reignited earlier this week. By Lavender Alexandria May 16, 2024
Music Lil Nas X Ran A Half Marathon Without Running Shoes The rapper and singer clearly doesn't have much experience running. By Lavender Alexandria March 20, 2024
Music Jay-Z Stands To Lose Up To $1 Million A Week Withholding "4:44" From Spotify It could be an expensive protest of the streaming service's free tier, according to experts. By Trevor Smith July 22, 2017
Music Latest "4:44" Jay-Z Album Ad Stars Lupita Nyong'o Jay-Z's new album gets even more hyped. By Matt F June 28, 2017
Music 15 Things We Learned From Lil Yachty On Zane Lowe Get to know Lil Yachty. By Mitch Findlay May 25, 2017
Music Wu-Tang Clan Announce "Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues" Album The Wu is back. By Mitch Findlay August 25, 2017
Politics Steve Bannon's Rap Musical Is Even Worse Than We Thought Watch a table read of Steve Bannon's "The Thing I Am," a rap musical about the Rodney King riots. By Danny Schwartz May 01, 2017
Music Freddie Gibbs Speaks On Being Falsely Accused & Nearly Losing Everything "It was literally me against the world." By Mitch Findlay April 27, 2017