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Pop Culture First Week Sales Projections For J.I.D's "The Forever Story" & DJ Khaled's "GOD DID" Are In Both artists nabbed a seriously impressive roster of features for their respective projects, but only one can take the No. 1 spot. By Hayley Hynes August 27, 2022
Music Joyner Lucas Thanks Bobby Shmurda For Putting "Respek" On His Career Shmurda questioned why people aren't looking at Lucas as a success story when he makes more money than "the biggest rappers." By Erika Marie July 29, 2022
Music Nicki Minaj Trends After Her Star-Studded Rolling Loud Set The Queens rapper put on for her city during Friday's show. By hnhh September 24, 2022
Music Snoop Dogg Explains Why He Let Cordae Pen His Lyrics: "I Started Off Writing For Dr. Dre" The Rap icon went on to use Whitney Houston as an example of why this is beneficial to artists. By Erika Marie August 25, 2022
Music Chris Brown's Meet & Greet Crashed By Kevin Hart and Fabolous Hart and Fab hilariously wanted to make sure they were included in the photos, as well. By Erika Marie July 27, 2022
Music Busta Rhymes Irritated After Woman Tries To Grab Him While Performing When the woman reached out, Bus smacked the top of her hand before calling out her man for letting her try to grab onto the rapper. By Erika Marie August 24, 2022
Music Iggy Azalea Defends Her "Trash" Viral Rap: "Why Would I Care?" "It’s always to sh** on me." By hnhh September 22, 2022
Music Lupe Fiasco Announces "The Cool" 15th Anniversary Tour Lupe Fiasco is embarking on a five-stop tour in honor of the 15th anniversary of his album, "The Cool." By Cole Blake July 27, 2022
Music Memphis Bleek Calls Out Juelz Santana Again Following Proposed "Verzuz" Battle Memphis Bleek has all the smoke for Juelz Santana. By Aron A. July 27, 2022
Pop Culture Quavo & Takeoff Announce That "Bando Babies" Is "OTW!!!" Several social media users expressed that they miss seeing Offset with the other two Migos. By Hayley Hynes August 23, 2022
Music Capitol Records "Severed Ties" With AI Rapper FN Meka, Issues Apology: Report After announcing their newly-signed Artificial Intelligence rapper, the label faced a wave of backlash, including accusations of appropriating Black culture. By Erika Marie August 23, 2022
Music Mo'Nique Responds To Fan Who Questioned Her Praise For Nicki Minaj The actress made a post about how "proud" she is of the Rap icon and someone asked, "What she do to be proud of?" By Erika Marie August 23, 2022