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Music OG Maco Announces Retirement From Music: "I'm Tired Of Being A Product" OG Maco is stepping back from the rap game completely. By Aron A. August 07, 2018
Music Drake Scores Absurd First Week Spotify Numbers For "ICEMAN" Trilogy We're still waiting on Drake's official first week numbers for the "ICEMAN" album trilogy across all metrics, which look very promising. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2026
Pop Culture Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Makes Rap Debut On Tech N9ne's New Album Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, and he's officially made his rap debut on a new Tech N9ne song. By Alex Zidel October 08, 2021
Music 50 Cent Claims "Street King Immortal" Is Dropping In 2018 Is 50 Cent's "Street King Immortal" finally dropping this year? By Mitch Findlay January 18, 2018
Music Charlamagne Tha God On "The Breakfast Club" Without DJ Envy Charlamagne tha God recently discussed his vision for how "The Breakfast Club" will continue. By Cole Blake November 25, 2023
Music Singer Fridayy Details Recording "In The Trenches" For DJ Khaled's "God Did" Ft. Jay-Z, Lil Wayne & More The singer-songwriter-producer uploaded a video of himself when he was first working on the track "on a $1000 set up." By Erika Marie August 29, 2022
Music Tyler, The Creator Fanboys Over 50 Cent & G-Unit Tyler, The Creator took a moment to reflect on the dominant run of 50 Cent and G-Unit, as well as lamenting changes in the classic mixtape format. By Mitch Findlay September 30, 2020
Music Royce Da 5'9" Spazzes On Upcoming Feature: "Should I Keep Going?" Royce Da 5'9" keeps his sword to the grindstone. By Mitch Findlay August 08, 2019
Music Nicki Minaj Takes Aim At Shannon Sharpe & Jay-Z On Lil Wayne's “Banned From NO” Remix Nicki Minaj was left off the original version of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI," but now, she has her very own remix with "Banned From NO." By Alexander Cole June 11, 2025
Music Meek Mill Asks Judge To Remove Him From Wrongful Death Lawsuit The rapper is being sued by the estate of a man who died in a shooting outside of Meek's concert. By Erika Marie May 14, 2019
Music Ice Cube's Son Questions If Drake Forfeited Kendrick Lamar Battle O'Shea Jackson, Jr. might be onto something... By Elias Andrews May 07, 2024
Music Watch Post Malone Freak Out In A Haunted Museum, Bolting Away From A "Curse" He wanted no part in that ghostly object. By Zaynab September 16, 2018