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Music Diddy Dismisses Jermaine Dupri's Catalog, Demands Dr. Dre For "Verzuz" While on Instagram Live with Snoop Dogg, Fat Joe, and Jermaine Dupri, Diddy declared himself the "greatest" and demanded Dr. Dre for "Verzuz" battle, again. By Aron A. September 18, 2021
Music Dwayne Johnson Reveals He Almost Didn’t Rap On Tech N9ne’s “Face Off” Tech N9ne initially wanted a WWE-style “Rock promo” for the end of the track. By Hayley Hynes November 09, 2021
Music XXXTentacion's "SAD!" Goes Diamond Three years later, "SAD!" is diamond certified. By Milca P. August 19, 2021
Music Lil Wayne Recalls Learning To Play Guitar Lil Wayne says that he "immersed" himself into the guitar to learn to play the instrument for a music video. By Cole Blake November 14, 2022
Music Al Sharpton Says Hip-Hop Shouldn't Be Blamed For Takeoff's Death Rev. Al Sharpton says hip-hop shouldn't be blamed for gun violence. By Aron A. November 10, 2022
Music Gigi Hadid Quits Twitter & Labels Platform A "Cesspool Of Hate & Bigotry" Gigi Hadid says that she's done with Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover of the platform. By Cole Blake November 06, 2022
Music Black Thought Addresses People Referring To Him As An "Underrated" Artist He also spoke about opting for collaborations with artists who don't sound or have a similar vibe as his band, The Roots. By Erika Marie August 16, 2022
Music Lil Nas X Hypes NBA YoungBoy Collab "Late To Da Party" With Full Fake BET Promo Video His trolling kicked up a notch as Lil Nas X is still targeting BET after they failed to nominate him for an award. By Erika Marie June 22, 2022
Music The Game Called Out By Battle Rapper For "Desperately Begging For Eminem's Attention" Pat Stay doesn't appreciate Game saying Em's only famous for being white and challenged him to a battle. "I'm that white boy you need to see first." By Erika Marie August 16, 2022
Pop Culture Nardo Wick's XXL Freshman Freestyle Has Arrived: Watch Nardo fantasized about what bars he would drop on XXL when he was a freshman in high school back in 2016. By Hayley Hynes June 21, 2022
Music DJ Khaled Turns Up With JT & Ari Fletcher At Miami Swim Week Khaled enjoyed hyping up the women as they danced with each other. By Lawrencia Grose July 17, 2022
Music Silk Sonic Cover Papa Roach's "Last Resort": Watch Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are having fun in Las Vegas. By Rex Provost August 15, 2022