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Music Rumored Cover Art For Young Thug's "Slime Language" Has Been Circulating Is this recent "Slime Language" artwork the official cover, or simply a false lead? By Mitch Findlay August 08, 2018
Music RZA Compares DMX's Raw & Real Energy To Ol' Dirty Bastard The filmmaking Wu-Tang legend reflects on the first time he heard DMX on the radio & calls the late Rap icon "just pure." By Erika Marie April 20, 2021
Music Burna Boy & Travis Scott Get Funky On Our "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" boasts new tracks from Burna Boy, Travis Scott, YG, Shoreline Mafia, Larry June, and Cardo Got Wings this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2025
Politics Kamala Harris Uses Kendrick Lamar Lyrics In Epigraph Of Forthcoming Memoir Kamala Harris is readying her memoir "107 Days" next week and it will detail "the shortest presidential campaign in modern history." By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Finds A Way To Hate On Kendrick Lamar For Going To Disneyland Kendrick Lamar went to Disneyland on Wednesday, and DJ Akademiks found a way to hate on the Compton rapper. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music Kanye West Suffers Major Loss Amid Legal Battle Over $57 Million Mansion In 2023, Kanye West was sued by a construction consultant who alleges that he was put in "extreme danger." By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026
Music 50 Cent & Papoose Go Troll For Troll With AI Videos Involving Claressa Shields 50 Cent's initial AI troll of Papoose and Claressa Shields seems to reference the comedian Pap allegedly fought with over a Claressa joke. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 01, 2026
Music Ebro Responds To The Idea That He Ruined New York Hip-Hop Ebro Darden doesn't believe that the cancelation of his talk show on Hot 97 will lead to better coverage of hip-hop in New York. By Cole Blake December 30, 2025
Music 50 Cent Compares Himself To Pop Smoke In Touching Tribute Post 50 Cent was one of the biggest established rappers in Pop Smoke's corner during his meteoric rise in the industry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Threatened To “Drug” And “Pimp” Danity Kane Members During a recent interview, Diddy's former bodyguard Gene Deal reflected on the mogul's relationship with Danity Kane. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Rihanna Celebrates 20 Years In Music With Touching Tribute Rihanna has become one of the most successful musicians and entrepreneurs of our time and she decided to celebrate by thanking everyone. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025
Music T.I. Reveals What He Really Thinks Of King Dissing 50 Cent's Mom T.I.'s 21-year-old son, King Harris, sports a t-shirt featuring 50 Cent's late mother in the video for his latest diss track. By Caroline Fisher March 04, 2026