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Music Metro Boomin Graces Cover Of "Icon" Magazine, Won't Cut Hair Until Album Drops Metro Boomin is getting his flowers. By Tallie Spencer January 12, 2024
Music G-Funk Legend DJ Quik's Best Hits Great DJ Quik songs are in no short supply, but here are seven tracks from the G-Funk legend that are timeless. By Mike Fugere June 12, 2023
Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Daylyt Points Out Drake's Biggest Mistake In His Kendrick Lamar Beef Daylyt says the beef with Kendrick Lamar isn't necessarily over for Drake yet, as "there is no die in the internet world." By Cole Blake March 30, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake” Cover Art Inspired By A Weird Religious Cult Lil Uzi Vert's tentative album cover was inspired by "Heaven's Gate," an old religious cult that had 39 people commit suicide in the 90's. By Kevin Goddard August 02, 2018
Music Havoc Reveals One Of His Favorite Prodigy Verses Of All Time Havoc reflects on one of his favorite Prodigy verses of all time, a scene-stealing contribution to a competitive hip-hop posse cut. By Mitch Findlay February 11, 2021
Music Lil Durk Learned Of King Von's Shooting On IG Live As seen in a new video clip, it would appear that Lil Durk came to learn about King Von's fatal shooting on Instagram Live. By Mitch Findlay November 06, 2020
Music Juicy J Says His "Best Friend" Logic Inspired His Iconic Producer Tag Juicy J says Logic helped him come up with his iconic producer tag. By Cole Blake December 12, 2020
Music 21 Savage's "I Am > I Was" Lives At No. 1 For Second Week Straight 21 Savage continues to dominate. By Milca P. January 06, 2019
Music Usher Signs With 100 Management & Plots With Worldwide Representation The 40-year-old icon expands his crew ahead of his next career moves. By Zaynab November 14, 2018
Original Content Jaz-O Is The Originator: Reflections On Jay-Z, B.I.G, & Creating The Triplet Flow EXCLUSIVE: Jaz-O The Originator reflects on his story with no shortage of OG wisdom. By Mitch Findlay August 19, 2019
Music Cardi B Poses Nude For "Press" Cover Art, Shares Song Teaser "Press" drops tonight. By Aron A. May 30, 2019