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Music GoldLink's Career Debated By Hip Hop Fans As They Rehash Mac Miller Controversy A 2019 post made by GoldLink has received new life as fans are going back and forth about whether or not it caused him to be "canceled." By Erika Marie August 18, 2021
Music Tooka’s Mother Wants Rappers To Stop Name-Dropping Her Late Son The mother of Tooka wants artists to stop using her late son's name in their music. By Cole Blake July 02, 2022
Music Eminem Explains Tackling Criticisms For Being A White Rapper Doing "Black Music" "I wanted to be respectful because what I do is Black music. I knew I was coming into it as a guest in the house," he said. By Erika Marie September 16, 2022
Original Content The Rise & Fall Of C-Murder: A Complete History Re-tracing and untangling the series of events that led to C-Murder's rise and catastrophic fall. By Mitch Findlay October 06, 2020
Music Jermaine Dupri Picks Usher's "Nice & Slow" As Best Song He's Written Jermaine Dupri says that Usher's "Nice and Slow" is the best song he's ever written. By Cole Blake November 20, 2022
Music Gunna Admits He Wasn't Excited For Drake Collab "Never Recover" Gunna says it wasn't his favorite song off of "Drip Harder." By Aron A. March 04, 2019
Music Michael Jackson's Former Bodyguard Insists He Was Straight Bill Whitfield says that Michael Jackson's accusers are lying. By Alex Zidel March 18, 2019
Music Lil Tjay Blames Offset’s Alleged “Gambling Addiction” For Fiery DMs According to Lil Tjay, Offset allegedly owes him $10K. By Caroline Fisher January 09, 2025
Relationships Yung Miami Speaks On Having Diddy's Baby, New City Girls Music, And Not Wearing Panties During Twitter Q&A Music lovers are already hungry for more from Yung Miami and JT after their two most recent singles. By Hayley Hynes June 15, 2023
Music Common Recalls Kanye West Writing “Heard ‘Em Say” In Ten Minutes According to Common, he passed on several Kanye West beats back in the day, and some of them ended up becoming hits. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025
Music Dame Dash & Fiancée Join The Hipsters To Promote His New Album, Perform A TikTok Routine Dame Dash began his rock music career after a split from Jay-Z and their Roc-A-Fella Records. 365 is the latest album. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 22, 2025
Music Diddy's Alleged Sex Worker Responds To His Possible Appearance In Sex Tape Shown To Jury Sharay "The Punisher" Hayes didn't know Diddy's "freak-off" sex parties were being recorded, which he had spoken of during trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025