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Music Lil Nas X Announces "Industry Baby" Release Date Lil Nas X's new single features Jack Harlow and was produced by Take A Daytrip and Kanye West. By Alex Zidel July 19, 2021
Pop Culture Jesy Nelson Addresses "Blackfishing" Claims: "I Love Black Music, That's All I Know" In the wake of her "Boyz" solo debut featuring Nicki Minaj, the former Little Mix singer speaks on "blackfishing" and "blaccent" accusations. By Erika Marie October 08, 2021
Music XXXTENTACION's Mother Accepts Diamond Plaque For "SAD!" On His Behalf XXXTENTACION's "SAD!" becomes the 64th song to ever achieve Diamond status. By Thomas Galindo November 02, 2021
Pop Culture The City Girls' Coachella Performance Included A Surprise Visit From Moneybagg Yo: Watch The first day of Coachella performances included some incredible surprises. By Hayley Hynes April 16, 2022
Music Willow Smith Faced "Pushback" As Black Rock Singer, Says Jada Pinkett Smith Received Death Threats Both Willow and her mother pursued Rock music and according to the Pop Punk star, Jada's Metal pursuits caused the genre's fans to act unhinged. By Erika Marie September 02, 2022
Music NBA Youngboy's Manager Confirms Chicago As First Tour Date Quando Rondo will be joining NBA Youngboy on the road on the 30-date tour. By Aron A. September 02, 2022
Music Latto Addresses Recent Comments About A Male Artist: "My Intention Was Not To Make This A Whole Thing" Latto visited The Breakfast Club to discuss the speculation over who she was referring to when she said a male artist was nearly left off her album after they tried to exchange sex for a collaboration. By Alex Zidel March 23, 2022
Numbers Distributor Was Considering "Pay-For-Play" Streams For G-Eazy & More: Report In an explosive and thoroughly-researched piece from Rolling Stone, the inner workings of third-party stream-manipulation services -- and the labels that consider them -- are revealed. By Mitch Findlay March 11, 2021
Music L.A. Rapper Ketchy The Great Passes Away Following Car Accident: Report Drakeo The Ruler, and many others, paid tribute to the fallen Stinc Team rapper. By Erika Marie February 15, 2021
Music XXXTENTACION & Lil Peep's Collaboration "Falling Down" Drops Tomorrow The long-awaited collaboration from XXXTENTACION and Lil Peep is coming tomorrow. By Aron A. September 18, 2018
Music Cardi B Responds To Hater Saying It Looks Like She Has A Penis In Swimsuit Pic Cardi B assured a fan that she's 100% female. By Alex Zidel January 04, 2019
Music Sting Allegedly Threatened Juice WRLD With Lawsuit Over "Lucid Dreams" Sample The producer of "Lucid Dreams" claims Sting threatened Juice WRLD with punitive action. By Devin Ch November 18, 2018