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Music Tyler The Creator Receives High Honor From Apple Music To Cap Off His Historic 2025 You can easily argue that no other rapper has had a bigger 2025 than Tyler The Creator and Apple Music feels that way given this award. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals What J. Cole’s First Week Sales Say About The Big Three Following the release of "The Fall-Off," J. Cole says he's going to be focusing on producing for other artists. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
Music Stevie J Refuses To Switch Up On Diddy, Cuts Off Friends Who Did Despite many in the industry abandoning Diddy during his trial and following his conviction, Stevie J doubles down on his loyalty. By Erika Marie May 21, 2026
Music YNW Melly's Spotify Monthly Listeners Keep Increasing Amid Trial Since last week, the rapper's gained over 600,000 new listeners tuning in every month. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2023
Music YNW Melly Gets Huge Streaming Boost During Trial On Spotify alone, the rapper racked up over 1 million streams across his biggest hits within just 24 hours after the trial's inception. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 14, 2023
Music Meek Mill Sings Bibi Bourelly’s “Ballin” In Shower; Says It's His Favorite Song Meek Mill's favorite song at the moment is Bibi Bourelly's "Ballin". By Kevin Goddard February 08, 2017
Music Azealia Banks Claims Doja Cat Bites Nicki Minaj's Style A Lot Azealia Banks, Doja Cat, and Nicki Minaj have made definitive contributions in women's hip hop that will be studied for generations. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 29, 2025
Music Pi’erre Bourne Calls Out Pitchfork For Mid-Album Rating After Collaborating With Them On Content Pi’erre Bourne released his latest album, Made In Paris, after a lengthy hiatus. He claims to have recorded the album in Paris, France. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals The Alleged Real Reason Behind Jay-Z's Beef With Drake DJ Akademiks claims to have spoken to a music executive who allegedly knows the real reason behind Drake and Jay-Z's beef. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Hires Iconic Lawyer With Plenty Of Hip-Hop Clients Authorities charged Pooh Shiesty for allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane at gunpoint in Dallas, earlier this year. By Cole Blake April 07, 2026
Music LaRussell Doubles Down On Quitting Social Media After "Heaven Sent" Backlash LaRussell brought up tons of controversial figures, including Adolf Hitler, Jeffrey Epstein, on "Heaven Sent." By Cole Blake March 24, 2026
Music Lil Pump Trashes Lil Tracy As The SoundCloud Era Debate Rages On Lil Pump was one of the biggest rappers in the world in 2017, and now, he is going off about his place in the music world. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2026