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Numbers King Von Doubles NBA YoungBoy & DaBaby In First-Week Sales King Von sells two times the amount of NBA YoungBoy and DaBaby's new collaborative project this week. By Alex Zidel March 07, 2022
Pop Culture Doja Cat & Nicki Minaj's "Say So" Remix Earns Them A New Guinness World Record Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat will go down in history as the first female rap duo to conquer the Billboard Hot 100. By Joshua Robinson December 15, 2021
Relationships SZA Compares Drake To Regina George As "SOS" First-Week Sales Projections Surface The "Ctrl" songstress says Drizzy gave her a heads up before dropping bars about her on 21 Savage's "Mr. Right Now." By Hayley Hynes December 10, 2022
Music Rob49: Crafting A New Rap Legacy The New Orleans export keeps rising despite the odds. By Demi Phillips June 28, 2023
Pop Culture Mekhi Phifer Talks Starring In Brandy & Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" & Sensing Tension He suggested that because Brandy was an established artist and Monica was on the rise, "there was little stuff there." By Erika Marie September 02, 2020
Music Raekwon Explains Why His First OutKast Collab Was So Important Raekwon hits Talib Kweli's People's Party podcast for a wide-ranging interview, where he reveals the significance of his first OutKast collab "Skew It On The Bar-B." By Mitch Findlay July 12, 2021
TV Kanye West & Netflix's "Jeen-yuhs" Debuted Number One On The Streaming Platform Act 1 of the "jeen-yuhs" documentary was a smash hit. By Taiyo Coates February 18, 2022
Pop Culture Is Drake As Big As Michael Jackson? Fans Debate After Billboard Asks The Question After another impressive week on the charts, the question had to be asked: is Drake as big as Michael Jackson? By Taylor McCloud September 20, 2021
Music Takashi Murakami Reveals Unrealized Juice WRLD Anime Collab In an interview with Genius News, Takashi Murakami revealed that the late Juice WRLD had approached him for an anime project weeks prior to his death. By Joshua Robinson February 19, 2021
Music Doja Cat Gives Take On Those Who Say Megan Thee Stallion Lied About Shooting She was randomly asked about Meg's shooting scandal at the American Music Awards. By Erika Marie November 24, 2020
Music Tinashe Called A "Bum B*tch" By New Boyz Rapper Ben J: "She Gave [Legacy] No Credit" Unresolved issues. By Erika Marie January 29, 2020
Original Content Rick Ross, MMG, And The Understated Impact Of Vision & Hustle Rick Ross applied the leadership and vision of a director with the relentless hustle of a kingpin to cement the MMG tag in the soundscape of the game. By Aron A. September 08, 2020