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Music Juelz Santana Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Dipset Rapper The captivating story of Juelz Santana: Harlem's hip-hop icon with a net worth that rivals his hip hop peers. By Jake Skudder January 24, 2024
Music Mike Shabb Talks Earl Sweatshirt Collab, Nicholas Craven Partnership & “Sewaside III” Mike Shabb began making waves after producing "Switches On Everything" for Westside Gunn but his latest project, "Sewaside III" is a brilliant display of his creative prowess as both as MC and producer. We caught up with Mike Shabb to discuss his latest project, Earl Sweatshirt, Joe Budden and Kevin Durant co-signs, and his creative partnership with Nicholas Craven. By Aron A. July 15, 2024
Music Lil Durk Breaks Silence After Son Is Accused Of Shooting Stepdad: What We Know The incident was captured on camera. By Axl Banks July 09, 2024
Music Questlove Explains Why Drake's "Honestly, Nevermind" Is A "Gift" Questlove defends Drake over "Honestly, Nevermind" criticism. By Aron A. June 17, 2022
Music Vanessa Carlton Defends Rappers Sampling "A Thousand Miles" On "Who I Smoke" Spinabenz, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, Yungeen Ace, & FastMoney Goon faced backlash. By Erika Marie May 31, 2021
Music The Weeknd Explains Dark Meaning Of "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd explains that his hit single "Blinding Lights" is actually about drunk driving and being blinded by the traffic lights, clarifying that he does not promote driving under the influence. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Music Tay-K's Sister Claims That He Was Severely Beaten While Being Tied To An Ironing Board Prior to Tay-K's life sentence, his older sister did her best to try and lessen the blow by recounting their saddening childhood. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025
Relationships Ray J & Princess Love Spotted Packing On PDA At The "Millennium Tour" The viral video comes as Ray J and Princess Love are in the midst of their fourth divorce. By Cole Blake April 14, 2025
Music Lil Rod Wants To Serve Diddy’s Son Justin Combs & Cuba Gooding Jr. Through Newspaper Ads Justin Combs and Cuba Gooding Jr. are listed as co-defendants in Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' lawsuit against Diddy. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Pop Culture Ice Cube Finally Gets His New "Friday" Movie Approved Ice Cube has been trying to get his fourth "Friday" film off the ground for years at this point. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Puts Loren LoRosa On Blast For Questioning His Credibility Loren LoRosa's criticism of DJ Akademiks concerns his coverage of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard's "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Original Content 2Pac & Notorious B.I.G. Made Classics With Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's unparalleled chemistry with both 2Pac and Biggie resulted in two of the greatest tracks of all time. By Mitch Findlay February 18, 2020