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Music Rihanna To Receive Honorary Degree From The University Of The West Indies Rihanna will receive her 2nd institutional award, this time for excellence in arts By Devin Ch August 08, 2018
Music King Von Explains Why He Was In Atlanta In Posthumously-Released Interview King Von reveals why he was living outside Atlanta in an interview conducted 2 weeks prior to his shooting death. By Alex Zidel January 11, 2021
Music A$AP Rocky Details How He & Skepta Tripped On LSD While Making "Praise The Lord" A$AP Rocky was tested by a psychedelics professor while creating "Testing." By Alex Zidel May 30, 2018
Music Erykah Badu Responds To Fan Who Says She'd Win Battle Against Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill were pitted against each other in a hypothetical Instagram Live Battle, and Ms. Badu let it be known who would take the crown. By Erika Marie April 24, 2020
Original Content URL's Eric Beasley Discusses Drake & Caffeine Partnership, The Importance of Battle Rap, "AGS2," & More Beasley provides a detailed introduction to the Ultimate Rap League (URL), discusses Drake's involvement, explains the importance of battle rap in today's Hip-Hop culture, and reflects on some of the greatest battles in URL history. By Joshua Robinson April 15, 2022
Music Yung Joc Explains How T-Pain's "Buy U A Drank" Came Together Yung Joc says T-Pain came up with "Buy U A Drank" after Lil Flip refused to shake his hand. By Cole Blake June 04, 2022
Original Content Every 2 Chainz Feature So Far Tracking the countless guest verses the Atlanta rapper has laid down since settling on the 2 Chainz moniker in 2011. By Devon Jefferson June 10, 2017
Original Content Ranking Drake's Albums From Worst To Best Now that "More Life" hype has died down, let's see how it stacks up to the rest of Drake's albums. By Patrick Lyons June 07, 2017
Music Mellow Rackz Tries To Expose Kodak Black Producer After Disrespecting Her Music Career Mellow Rackz's recent collaborations with Kodak Black's foe NBA YoungBoy have seemingly caused all of this to go down. By Zachary Horvath July 29, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Explains Why He Canceled Tour With Ab-Soul & Rapsody Rapsody previously denied rumors that Joey Bada$$ canceled his "Dark Aura" tour with her and Ab-Soul due to low ticket sales. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 25, 2025
Music A$AP Relli To Represent Himself Against A$AP Rocky After Spending $500k On Legal Fees A$AP Rocky was found not guilty of shooting A$AP Relli during a dispute in Los Angeles in 2021, earlier this year. By Cole Blake September 09, 2025
Music Drake Fans React To His New BMW That Looks Suspiciously Like Tupac's We can't help but wonder how Kendrick would react to this... By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 21, 2024