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Music The Fugees Reunite For What Could Be The Final Time At The Roots Picnic The Fugees reunited at the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia on Saturday. By Cole Blake June 04, 2023
Music The Recording Academy Announces Decision On The GRAMMY Awards Amid L.A. Wildfires There's been an obvious growing concern over whether or not the ceremony would still happen. By Zachary Horvath January 13, 2025
Music J. Cole Hosts Bike Ride With Fans In Houston For His "Trunk Sale" Tour J. Cole's love of biking has been used against him as a meme before, but for the "Trunk Sale" tour for "The Fall-Off," it's a strength. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2026
Music LA Reid's Attempt To Have Sexual Assault Lawsuit Tossed Gets Rejected The producer is still being sued. By Elias Andrews August 14, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg Admits Losing Grammy For “Gin & Juice” Hurt Snoop Dogg reflects on "Gin and Juice" losing at the 1995 Grammys in his new audiobook. By Cole Blake June 11, 2023
Music Will Smith & Tatyana Ali Take Us Back To Fresh Prince of Bel Air For Doechii's "Anxiety" Challenge Fresh Prince of Bel Air was Will Smith, known as The Fresh Prince, breakout role as an actor that led to him becoming a box-office legend. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Videos Diddy Shares First Music Video From New Album With The Weeknd & 21 Savage Diddy's new album officially has its first music video. By Lavender Alexandria September 15, 2023
Music How Bob Marley & The Wailers “Get Up Stand Up” Became Hip-Hop’s Spiritual Predecessor These samples and interpolations of Bob Marley & The Wailers "Get Up Stand Up" capture the song's essence through hip-hop's lens. By Aron A. February 08, 2025
Music Kanye West Under Fire For Allegedly Failing To Pay “Vultures” Producers Ye allegedly owes ten producers money. By Caroline Fisher December 05, 2024
Music Scar Lip Teases New Freestyle That Samples "Jenny From The Block" Social media had mixed reactions. By Tallie Spencer April 17, 2024
Pop Culture Rico Nasty Announces "Las Ruinas" Album Dropping In July The "Smack A Bitch" rapper called the upcoming album her "most experimental and vulnerable body of work yet." By Hayley Hynes June 21, 2022
Music Diddy's Ex-Assistant Capricorn Clark Alleges She Was Hit With A Death Threat Over Ties To Suge Knight Day 11 of Diddy's trial is already getting off to a wild start as his former assistant Capricorn Clark has a lot say about working under him. By Zachary Horvath May 27, 2025