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Reviews Joey Badass' "All-Amerikkkan Badass" (Review) Joey Badass progresses his sound and gets political on "All-Amerikkkan Badass." By Patrick Lyons April 12, 2017
Music New R. Kelly Video Shows Him Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl A new video "clearly" shows R. Kelly sexually assaulting an underage girl. By Alex Zidel February 14, 2019
Music The Game Gets X-Rated About Kim Kardashian In New Snippet Is this how Kanye West gets repaid for "Dreams?" By Mitch Findlay January 25, 2019
Music Twitter Declares Bow Wow The Winner Over Soulja Boy After Verzuz Battle Both Bow Wow and Soulja Boy came with hits. By Karlton Jahmal June 26, 2021
Original Content Why Does Rap Idolize Pablo Escobar? The deceased Colombian drug kingpin continues to have a commanding presence in hip hop. By Luke Hinz October 29, 2018
Music Stephen Curry Nearly Lost Out On His $201M Contract With Golden State Stephen Curry was almost not offered a max contract. By Matt F October 08, 2017
Music Blueface Responds To 6ix9ine's Baby Mama Claiming She Made "Thotiana" A Hit Blueface just wants his credit. By Alex Zidel March 27, 2019
Music August Alsina Reignites Beef With Trey Songz August Alsina says he'll still "gladly beat his goofy ass." By Kevin Goddard March 24, 2017
Music SZA Blasted For "Horrible" Singing After Aretha Franklin Tribute Announcement The singer suffered a vocal injury this year. By Zaynab December 29, 2018
Music Kanye West Confirms That He Was Diagnosed With a "Mental Condition" Kanye admits to being diagnosed at age 39. By Milca P. June 03, 2018
Music The 21 Best Rap Projects From Atlanta In 2016 Counting down the best tapes from hip-hop's most active scene. By Narsimha Chintaluri December 24, 2016
Pop Culture Dr. Dre Confirms Eminem & Snoop Dogg Won't Pull Their Penises Out During Super Bowl Show Rest assured, no d*cks will appear on your TV this Sunday. By Hayley Hynes February 10, 2022