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Music Dungeon Family Says Goodbye To Rico Wade: "We Have Lost An Invaluable Friend" The Dungeon Family remembers Wade as "one of the most innovative architects in music." By Caroline Fisher April 13, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Shares Petition Calling For His Release From Prison After Stabbing Incident Tory Lanez is currently serving a 10-year sentence behind bars for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake May 28, 2025
Music Trick Daddy Explains Why He Doesn't Identify As African-American It's a more nuanced perspective than it sounds on paper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 10, 2024
Music Gunna's Brother Scathingly Reacts To Young Thug Shade Things just got way more complicated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 10, 2024
Music Gucci Mane Admits He Wasn’t “In A Healthy Place” When He Got Iconic Ice Cream Face Tattoo Gucci Mane says he regrets getting his ice cream face tattoo. By Cole Blake October 25, 2023
TV Nicki Minaj & Missy Elliott's Exclusion In Netflix's "Ladies First" Docuseries Explained Fans were understandably upset that Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliott didn't appear in the trailer for Netflix's "Ladies First: A Story Of Women In Hip-Hop." By Aron A. July 26, 2023
Music Jermaine Dupri Argues Southern Rap Fans Didn't Know Jay-Z Until "Money Ain't A Thang" Jermaine Dupri said Atlanta rap fans didn't tune into Jay-Z until they worked together. By Aron A. February 16, 2023
Music Lil Wayne Will Join Drake For Two Tour Stops In April While some fans are disappointed that J. Cole won't make the last "Big As The What?" shows, they sure got one heck of a replacement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 05, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Claims She Is Being "Silenced" After Getting Hit With Community Guidelines Warning Nicki Minaj is sick and tired. By Alexander Cole January 25, 2024
Music Songwriter Reveals Which Ariana Grande Song Was Meant For Beyoncé & JAY-Z Ilya Salmanzadeh recently offered some insight into an Ariana Grande smash hit which was actually meant for JAY-Z and Beyonce. By Alexander Cole October 19, 2026
Music JID Announces "God Does Like World Tours" With Young Nudy, Mick Jenkins, And More JID revealed the long list of dates for the "God Does Like World Tours" in an announcement on Instagram on Tuesday. By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Numbers XXXTentacion's "?" Album Becomes First Hip-Hop Album With 10 Billion Streams XXXTentacion continues to break records. By Alexander Cole October 24, 2023