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Music DJ Dahi Breaks Down His Work On Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." DJ Dahi played a pivotal role in shaping the sonic direction of Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." By Mitch Findlay April 24, 2017
Pop Culture Ebro Darden Clarifies Saying He Didn't Want Tory Lanez To Go To Jail Ebro calls Tory an "idiot" who had a ego and gaslit Megan. He also says Tory "deserves what he's getting." By Erika Marie January 12, 2023
Pop Culture Ab-Soul Gets Candid In New Interview XXL published their interview with the TDE rapper on Tuesday (January 10). By Isaac Fontes January 10, 2023
Music SZA's "SOS" Reaches Historic Milestone On Billboard 200 SZA has reached a rare milestone on the Billboard 200 with her album, "SOS." By Cole Blake January 09, 2023
Music Kodak Black Defends Tory Lanez After Guilty Verdict Kodak Black says there's "no evidence" to convict Tory Lanez. By Cole Blake December 28, 2022
Music Snoop Dogg Attends Brother's Funeral Service The Long Beach native shared a picture from the ceremony, and included a sweet caption for Bing Worthington and their mother. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2024
Music Ice Spice And Billie Eilish Link Up Backstage At The People's Choice Awards The picture has fans speculating on a potential collaboration down the road. By Lavender Alexandria February 19, 2024
Music Fat Joe Hits Back At Critics Over BET Hip Hop Awards Hosting: "This Black & Brown Unity" Naysayers complained about a non-Black host, but Fat Joe emphasized that throughout his career, he's always been about "Black and Brown together." By Erika Marie September 14, 2022
Music Boosie Badazz Believes The Industry Is Moving Away From Gangbanging Rappers He says "you're gonna have to be a fake rapper" who doesn't gangbang or else "they're gonna stop you." By Erika Marie July 18, 2022
Music Jay-Z Marvels At How Irv Gotti Brings Out The Best In His Artists Hov compared Gotti to how Phil Jackson "got the best out of Jordan, got the best out of Kobe." By Erika Marie September 09, 2022
Music Dave Free Reveals The Meaning Behind His & Kendrick Lamar's pgLang Dave Free finally reveals the meaning behind pgLang. By Aron A. April 28, 2022
Music Mos Def Explains Why Kanye West Was Bound To Win 2007 Release Day Battle With 50 Cent: Report In 2007, Ye and Fif released "Graduation" and "Curtis," respectively, on the same day and Kanye outdid his peer in first week sales by almost 250K units. By Erika Marie August 15, 2022