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Numbers Juice WRLD's "Lucid Dreams" Passes Drake's "God's Plan" As Spotify's Second Most Streamed Hip-Hop Song Ever "Lucid Dreams" is nearing 2 billion streams on Spotify after passing "God's Plan." By Alex Zidel March 21, 2022
Music Pooh Shiesty Says Final Goodbye To His Brother Pooh Shiesty lays his brother Tee Da P to rest in a private funeral service. By Alex Zidel March 11, 2021
Music Kanye West's Cousin Confirms "Real Friends" Story About Stolen Sex Tape Kanye West really did shell out $250,000 to a cousin who discovered a sex tape of his on a laptop he had given away. The incident, as explained by another cousin, is believed to have played a major role in Kanye's recent breakdown. By Angus Walker December 20, 2016
Sports Dame D.O.L.L.A Says He's Basketball's Best Rapper Dame D.O.L.L.A teases his upcoming self-titled album, deems himself the best rapper in NBA history, and more. By Mitch Findlay July 27, 2021
Music Rod Wave Explains His Song "Nirvana" & Says He's Not Suicidal Rod Wave says that "Nirvana" is not a suicide letter. By Cole Blake December 11, 2021
Music XXXTentacion Sets Sights On Launching "Helping Hand Foundation" With His Mother XXXTentacion works on outweighing the negatives with charitable work. By Alex Zidel May 22, 2018
Pop Culture Janelle Monae Celebrates "The Age of Pleasure" Album By Flashing Her "Chest" For The Camera Have you streamed Janelle's new masterpiece yet? By Hayley Hynes June 11, 2023
Music 50 Cent Shares Photo Of Himself With The Weeknd's Iconic Hair 50 Cent should stick to his simple style. By Alex Zidel November 01, 2018
Music Denzel Curry Pens Powerful Statement On Racial Injustice Following the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, Denzel Curry took to Twitter to gather his thoughts. By Mitch Findlay June 01, 2020
Original Content What Happened To Rakim's Aftermath Album With Dr. Dre? In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced. By Robert Blair March 24, 2020
Original Content A Written Testimony: The Road To Jay Electronica's Debut Album Jay Electronica finally announced a timeline for his debut album, which has been years and years in the making. Below, we chart the journey to "A Written Testimony." By Robert Blair February 15, 2020
Music XXXTENTACION Has Collabs With Rihanna & The Weeknd On The Way Mally Mall dishes out the collaborations X has with other artists. By Aron A. October 26, 2018