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Music Suge Knight Goes Scorched Earth On Snoop Dogg Over Death Row "Flops" Suge Knight and Snoop Dogg are in radically different positions of power, but the former claims Snoop is ruining Death Row. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Sneakers Doechii And Nike Team Up To Silence Critics With Bold New Ad In a powerful new Nike ad, Doechii confronts 'industry plant' accusations by showcasing her impressive achievements. By Ben Atkinson March 11, 2025
Music T-Pain Introduced Auto-Tune To The 2000s But Credits Snoop Dogg For Making It Acceptable To Use In Hip-Hop After T-Pain reached the top of the charts with "I'm Sprung" in 2005, Snoop Dogg joined the trend with "Sexual Eruption" in 2007. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025
Music D'Wayne Wiggins Dead At 64 Following Cancer Battle D'Wayne Wiggins was a founding member of the R&B and soul group Tony! Toni! Toné! and a true Oakland legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Pop Culture Tory Lanez Fans Flood Kim Kardashian's Comment Section After Using His Music In Thirst Trap Post Kim Kardashian's steamy video has also sparked quite a battle between Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion fans for obvious reasons. By Zachary Horvath March 05, 2025
Music REASON Celebrates New Album & TDE Departure With Fiery "Power 106" Freestyles REASON recently made headlines for admitting he supported Drake in the Kendrick Lamar battle so TDE would drop him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims He Has "Fake Streams" In Latest Twitter Outburst Kanye West is back on Twitter and mocking his own success by suggesting that he's got artificially inflated streams. By Elias Andrews March 01, 2025
Music 50 Cent Savagely Dismisses Jim Jones' "Sucker" Diss On "The Breakfast Club" Jim Jones thinks he smokes 50 Cent easily when it comes to New York City hip-hop, a laughable comparison in the G-Unit mogul's eyes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Diddy's Mother Smacked With Bombshell Lawsuit From Bad Boy Co-Founder Kirk Burrowes Kirk Burrowes is going after Diddy's mother, Janice Combs, in an effort to get his stake in Bad Boy Entertainment back. By Cole Blake February 27, 2025
Music DJ Hed Reveals How Much UMG Is Profiting On Drake’s New Album Despite Lawsuit Recently, DJ Hed discussed Drake's new album with PartyNextDoor "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," and how UMG is making money off of it. By Caroline Fisher February 23, 2025
Music Kanye West & Bianca Censori Shift Focus To Fashion Film After Controversial Grammys Stunt Reportedly, Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have a new fashion film in the works, intended to provide "a view into his vision of her." By Caroline Fisher February 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims He Made $40 Million In 24 Hours After Shopify Ban Over Swastika Scandal Kanye West says the move didn't impact his finances all that much. By Cole Blake February 18, 2025