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Music Usher & H.E.R. "Risk It All" On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update: Stream Other great R&B releases this season came from Channel Tres, Tems, SAFE, LOONY, and Amaal Nuux. Which one was your favorite this week? By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 10, 2023
Music Kanye West Invites Playboi Carti To Miami Listening Party With Ty Dolla Sign It's unclear what exactly this "VULTURES RAVE" is going to be, but odds are that it'll be for Ye and Ty's collab album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 10, 2023
Pop Culture Tamar Braxton & Tommie Lee Continue Feuding After Singer Reconciles With Her Man Braxton called Lee a "crackhead" while Lee dropped receipts of her DMs with Braxton's man. By Ben Mock December 10, 2023
Music Troy Ave Claims Jay-Z Recorded Kendrick Lamar "Control" Response "He never released it. He don’t have to," Troy Ave says. By Caroline Fisher January 11, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj And Safaree Spit Bars In Old Rap Group Video The throwback clip is from one of their old Hoodstarz videos. By Lavender Alexandria January 10, 2024
Music Playboi Carti Questions "Odd" Decision To Exclude Bundles From "MUSIC" First Week Sales Playboi Carti made a gigantic splash with his new album, and he wants to know why physical copies were not counted. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Seems To Promise More New Music On The Way In Social Media Message From Prison Tory Lanez just dropped his new album "PETERSON," which he recorded in prison and conceptualized around his incarceration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Proves Women Prefer Drake Over Kendrick Lamar By Turning Up With Girls On A Boat This narrative has been around Drake's music for years, and it seems that DJ Akademiks is saying that this is why he's better than Kendrick. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Music Ashanti Says "Never Say Never" When Explaining Rekindling Romance With Husband Nelly Ashanti and Nelly first met in 2003 at the Grammy Awards press conference where Nelly announced Ashanti's R&B nomination for "Foolish." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Trolls ASAP Relli On Instagram After Kendrick Lamar Diss Playboi Carti didn't spit the Relli diss bars on his latest album, but it seems like he co-signs Kendrick Lamar's stance. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music Will Smith Reveals Features And Release Date For "Based On A True Story" Will Smith has been flirting with a musical return, and now we have actually the details for his comeback release. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music Travis Scott Celebrates His Birthday With Drake's "Nokia" As The Soundtrack Travis Scott and Drake were previously seen speaking to each other at Michael Rubin's annual Fourth of July party. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 04, 2025