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Music Ice Spice Blames Summer Jam Absence On Contractual Issues Ice Spice didn’t take the stage at Summer Jam. By Aron A. July 27, 2026
Music Drake Participates In Viral "Shabang" Challenge, Hits 100 Million Listeners On Spotify Drake has been having himself a grand old time in Turks and Caicos, which has led to him doing the "Shabang" challenge. By Alexander Cole June 13, 2026
Music Lil Zane Reflects On Rejecting Diddy's Deal & Why Rap Career Faded Lil Zane gained international fame as a feature on 112's hit track "Anywhere," but the rapper wasn't able to maintain his career's longevity. By Erika Marie February 19, 2020
Music The Game Clarifies His Friendship With Drake Amidst Kendrick Battle The Game doesn't want more drama. By Elias Andrews June 20, 2024
Music Best "First Day Out" Tracks In Hip Hop These fire tracks emerged after a prison stint. By Demi Phillips February 16, 2024
Music 6ix9ine Makes Light Of King Von's Death While Recalling Shooting Video 6ix9ine claimed to DJ Vlad that people don't remember the tragic King Von shooting how it actually happened. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Original Content Celebrating A Decade Of These 10 Hip Hop Favorites From 2015 By Erika Marie October 20, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert Leaves Fans Intrigued After Posting And Deleting Two Off-The-Wall Freestyles These out-of-the-blue freestyles are remixes to 2024 songs from underground rappers Babyxsosa and SlimeGetEem. By Zachary Horvath March 03, 2025
Music AZ Chike Appears To Fire Back At Joey Badass On Behalf Of Kendrick Lamar On New Song AZ Chike recently dropped off his new "Whatx2" music video, which has led to speculation that he dissed Joey Bada$$. By Caroline Fisher February 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims Drake Brutally Turned Down "Bully" Intro But Hopes They Make An Album Kanye West's last collaboration with Drake in any capacity was their "Free Larry Hoover" benefit concert in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Drake Will Executive Produce K-OS' Next Album Before Drake was the face of Toronto hip-hop, K-OS was one of his inspirations and early collaborators as a Canadian legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Catches Heat For Resurfaced R. Kelly Clips DJ Akademiks reacted to viral clips of Charlamagne Tha God talking about R. Kelly's explicit tape with an underage girl. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2026