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Music Gucci Mane & Jeezy Will Apparently Be Co-Hosting "Verzuz" Afterparty The post-Verzuz festivities are set to take place at Compound in Atlanta. By Aron A. November 18, 2020
Music DMX Turns 50 Today Today marks a special day, as one of the greatest rappers of all time -- the legendary DMX -- celebrates his 50th birthday. By Mitch Findlay December 18, 2020
Music Lil Uzi Vert Reacts To AMAs Nomination: "I'm Not Winning That" Lil Uzi Vert thinks he'll lose the award to Lil Baby or Roddy Ricch. By Alex Zidel November 16, 2020
Music Lil Wayne's Alleged Masters Deal Leads To Birdman Hot Takes Lil Wayne and Birdman's widely publicized relationship is back under the microscope. By Alexander Cole December 11, 2020
Sneakers N.O.R.E. & Nas Roast Each Other's Sneakers N.O.R.E. comes for Nas' choice of footwear, prompting the Hip-Hop veterans to go back-and-forth while roasting each other's sneakers. By Joshua Robinson April 01, 2021
Pop Culture Rihanna's Huge Fenty Skin Building Announcement Becomes Savage Meme The Basian beauty is being light-heartedly clowned for her enormous new Fenty Skin building announcement in Dubai. By Madusa S. January 07, 2021
Music Havoc Believes He Would Hold Up Against Any Producer In A Battle Havoc told Swizz Beatz that he would take on any producer in a Verzuz battle, under the belief that nobody would be able to completely "destroy" him. By Lynn S. April 22, 2020
Numbers Future & Drake's "Life Is Good" Hits Half A Billion Views Future and Drake's "Life Is Good" video continues to ascend closer to YouTube's prestigious billion-views club. By Mitch Findlay May 25, 2020
Music dvsn & D Smoke Hold Down This Week's R&B Season Playlist A few new R&B songs to get your mind right this week. By Aron A. December 20, 2020
Politics Democrats Hit Back About Ice Cube's Supposed CWBA Claim Following Ice Cube's claims that the Democrats asked him to wait until post-election for CWBA talks, Representative Cedric Richmond claims the rapper was not painting an accurate picture. By Mitch Findlay October 26, 2020
Music Drake Receives Icy OVO x OTF Chain From Lil Durk Lil Durk gifts Drake a brand new OTF x OVO chain following the success of "Laugh Now Cry Later." By Aron A. September 12, 2020
Music Joe Budden Implies Justin Bieber "Needs" Black Artists After "Yummy" Remix Tease A "Yummy" remix with Summer Walker is on the way, and Joe Budden had something to say about it. By Lynn S. January 30, 2020