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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
Music Erykah Badu Responds To Fan Who Says She'd Win Battle Against Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill were pitted against each other in a hypothetical Instagram Live Battle, and Ms. Badu let it be known who would take the crown. By Erika Marie April 24, 2020
Music Notorious B.I.G. Refused To Respond To 2pac's "Hit Em Up" Lil Cease explains why The Notorious B.I.G refused to respond to 2Pac's scathing "Hit Em Up," a decision that puzzled many of his closest associates. By Mitch Findlay December 03, 2020
Music Mysterious Tweet Surfaces On Capital STEEZ' Twitter Account Is "King Capital" on the way? By Mitch Findlay June 12, 2017
Music The Weeknd Celebrates As "Blinding Lights" Becomes Spotify's Most Streamed Song The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is now the most-streamed song on Spotify. By Cole Blake January 02, 2023
Original Content Eminem & Redman's Manic Chemistry Came Alive On "Off The Wall" Eminem and Redman need to collaborate one more time. By Mitch Findlay December 23, 2019
Music DaBaby & Twitter React To His Alleged Nudes Leak It's been a wild week. By Noah C December 22, 2019
Relationships Jada Pinkett-Smith & Tupac: A Rare Friendship The relationship between Jada Pinkett-Smith and Tupac continues to prompt much in the way of theorizing. By Samuel Allan August 07, 2019
Music 21 Savage's Mother Thanks Jay-Z, J. Cole, Cardi B & More After His Release 21 Savage's mom writes a thank you message to everybody that helped spread the word. By Alex Zidel February 14, 2019
Music Warren G Says "Regulate" Is A Top 5 Rap Song Of All Time, Names "Solid Artists" Of Today Regulators! Mount up. By Erika Marie October 16, 2019
Music Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Kissed Dave Grohl After Hearing This Song Kurt Cobain was a big fan of "Alone + Easy Target." By Cole Blake September 08, 2019
Music Lil Nas X Explains Why He Chose His Stage Name Apparently, his name is something that just stuck. By Alex Zidel April 08, 2019