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Music Jay-Z Reveals The Last Song He Played For The Notorious B.I.G. "He kept saying, ‘Play it again, play it again,'" Jay-Z recalls. By Caroline Fisher October 26, 2023
Music What Is Nicki Minaj's Best-Selling Album? Ahead of “Pink Friday 2,” let’s take a look at Nicki’s most commercially successful album. By Demi Phillips October 30, 2023
Music Blueface Called Out For Renaming Seafood Restaurant “King Of Crabs” A revamped version of Blueface's restaurant will open in January. By Caroline Fisher December 06, 2024
Music Island Boys Confirm Break Up After Member Franky Venegas Arrested Island Boys took the internet by storm in 2021, but they have made it clear that their music making days are behind them. By Elias Andrews February 25, 2025
Music Finally! Tasha K Reaches An Agreement With Cardi B That Wraps Up Their Defamation Lawsuit Saga Cardi B still wants her defamation judgement, but Tasha K secured an agreement that's less taxing on her financial strain. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 24, 2025
TV "The Mysterious Death Of Eazy-E" Docuseries Investigates Rap Icon's Untimely Death Eazy-E's daughter Ebie is an executive producer of the WEtv docuseries. Watch the trailer about the N.W.A. legend here. By Erika Marie July 16, 2021
Music NBA YoungBoy Affiliate Ben10 Back In Jail 6 Days After Being Released: Report Just six days after being released from jail, NBA YoungBoy affiliate Ben10 was reportedly arrested on multiple gun and drug charges. By Joshua Robinson September 08, 2021
Original Content 17 More Rap Songs That Blew Up On TikTok Since our last breakdown of 17 essential TikTok hits, a new wave of artists and viral songs have emerged, so here are 17 more rap songs that blew up on the fan-favorite social media platform. By Joshua Robinson April 04, 2022
Random Celina Powell Rates Young Thug & Snoop Dogg, Says Drake Called Her "Dark & Disturbed" The infamous groupie is back at it and says she begs for DJ Akademiks to take her back. By Erika Marie April 15, 2022
Music Raekwon Details Complicated Relationship With RZA & Avoiding Wu-Tang Drama He spoke about letting the little things go when it came to tension but admitted that those small issues could make for big problems in the future. By Erika Marie December 20, 2021
Original Content Money Man Talks "24" Catching On Late, Starting A Podcast & The Feature He Would Pay For Money Man gives an in-depth interview where he talks about Atlanta, his healthy lifestyle, podcast preferences (including his Joe Rogan lyrical reference), new music, his take on his Cash Money deal, and much more. By Rose Lilah November 19, 2020
Music Boosie Badazz Reacts To Kodak Black Converting To Judaism Boosie Badazz tells VladTV about his own experiences in prison, as well as why he finds it important that Kodak Black is turning to Judaism while he's locked up. By Alex Zidel December 10, 2020