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Reviews J. Cole’s "Birthday Blizzard ’26" Proves Skill Outlasts Status With his four-track "Birthday Blizzard ’26," J. Cole brings back a format rap has been missing, and losing the top spot has only fueled his fire. By Aron A. February 03, 2026
Music Suge Knight Drags Daz Dillinger Through The Mud While Still Conceding Some Sympathy To Him Daz Dillinger was the latest victim of Suge Knight and his ranting, which has also recently targeted Tyrin Turner, Snoop Dogg, and Diddy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025
Music Kanye West Argues Tyler The Creator Has No Memorable Songs In Fiery Post Despite years of collaborations between the two, it appears that Kanye West and Tyler The Creator have had a falling out. By Cole Blake March 18, 2025
Music T-Pain Credits Unexpected Rapper With Making Auto-Tune "Cool" T-Pain is the King of Auto-Tune, but he admitted that it took the efforts of other artists for his style to be embraced. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Rihanna Was Sober All 2024, She Says In 1st Instagram Post of 2025 RiRi reveals her journey through 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 01, 2025
Music Jay-Z Responds To Being Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old With Diddy Jay-Z & Diddy have been named in a new lawsuit accusing them of raping a teenager. By Bryson "Boom" Paul December 08, 2024
Music Isaiah Rashad Announces That His New Album Will “Probably” Drop This Year Isaiah Rashad has new music in the works. By Caroline Fisher May 23, 2024
Music Big Sean Reveals What Is Keeping Him Out Of Big Three Conversations Sean keeps it real with himself. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2024
Music Pooh Shiesty Flexes Huge Stacks Of Cash After Early Prison Release Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty was released from prison early this week after spending roughly three years behind bars. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Explains "F*ck The Industry Pt. 2" Diss To Lil Yachty After Lil Boat used a 50 Cent meme to react to YB's shade, the latter artist made it clear exactly why he's got beef with the former. By Hayley Hynes May 12, 2023
Music Young Thug Responds To 21 Savage’s Plea To Squash Gunna Beef Recently, 21 Savage took to Twitter/X to remind Young Thug of how close he and Gunna once were, urging him to end their feud. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Scorched Earth On Marc Lamont Hill DJ Akademiks says he'll speak with Marc Lamont Hill once the former CNN commentator gets his hip-hop credentials up. By Cole Blake May 07, 2025