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Music Madlib Says Kendrick Lamar Wanted Him To Work On "To Pimp A Butterfly" Madlib says he was going to work with Kendrick Lamar on "To Pimp A Butterfly," but he missed the phone call. By Cole Blake January 31, 2021
Music J. Cole Selects "m y . l i f e" With 21 Savage & Morray As First "Off-Season" Single J. Cole eyes "The Off-Season" standout "m y . l i f e" for a big promotional push. By Joshua Robinson May 21, 2021
TV Omarion Revealed To Be Yeti On "The Masked Singer" Right before the final round of "The Masked Singer," the artist masquerading as Yeti is eliminated and revealed to be Omarion. By Joshua Robinson May 20, 2021
Numbers Sales Projections For Kodak Black's "Haitian Boy Kodak" Are In Kodak Black's "Haitian Boy Kodak" is currently on pace to outperform his 2020 project "Bill Israel." By Joshua Robinson May 20, 2021
Music Juicy J Announces Deluxe Edition Of "The Hustle Continues," Drops New Video Juicy J is releasing nine new songs for the deluxe edition of "The Hustle Continues," and the first is available now. By Cole Blake June 11, 2021
Original Content DJ Kool Herc Reflects On Hip-Hop's 48th Birthday On hip-hop's 48th birthday, we connected with the culture's founding father DJ Kool Herc, who made history at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. By Mitch Findlay August 11, 2021
Music B-Real Puts Steve Harvey On Blast Over Hip-Hop Hate B-Real breaks down his beef with Steve Harvey, accusing the comedian of hating on hip-hop for decades. By Mitch Findlay April 30, 2021
Music Boosie Badazz Drops Star-Studded Movie Trailer For "My Struggle" Boosie Badazz, YFN Lucci, Mo3, and Quando Rondo all appear in the action-packed trailer for "My Struggle." By Joshua Robinson September 08, 2021
Numbers Drake Reportedly Hits 500 Million Spotify Streams In 2021 Alone Though it's only been one month, Drake's 2021 campaign is already yielding some truly incredible numbers. By Mitch Findlay February 02, 2021
Music Jacquees Talks Future Producing His Album That Features Summer Walker, Chris Brown, 21 Savage The record will reportedly arrive at the end of the summer. By Erika Marie July 19, 2022
Music Kid Cudi Announces Denzel Curry, JID Collaboration, "Talk About Me" Kid Cudi has a song with Denzel Curry and JID titled "Talk About Me" coming out later this week. By Cole Blake June 22, 2022
Music Jay-Z Shares How He Came Up With Irv Gotti's Nickname In a rare interview, Hov sat down for BET's Murder Inc docuseries and spoke about his relationship with the label head. By Erika Marie August 15, 2022