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Music J. Cole Reveals "The Off-Season" Tracklist & Producers With "The Off-Season" set to drop at midnight, J. Cole has come through to unveil the tracklist and stacked production credits. By Mitch Findlay May 13, 2021
Music DMX To Receive Public Memorial At Barclay's Center Following his death at the age of 50, DMX will be honored in a public memorial at Brooklyn's Barclay's Center. By Mitch Findlay April 16, 2021
Music Playboi Carti Asks Fans Which Songs Should Land On Deluxe Edition Of "Whole Lotta Red" Playboi Carti is taking recommendations as to which songs should get a spot on the deluxe edition of "Whole Lotta Red." By Cole Blake December 26, 2020
Music Jim Jones Reflects On New York's Reluctance To Support Its Own Jim Jones speaks on why New York needs to start playing local artists on the radio, citing how difficult it is to receive constant support. By Mitch Findlay March 18, 2021
Music Pop Smoke Murder Suspect Confessed To Police Plant Disguised As Gang Member Similar to the 15-year-old being tried for the murder of Pop Smoke, the 20-year-old suspect in the ongoing case also confessed his involvement to a cellmate, but the cellmate was actually a police plant parading as a gang member. By Joshua Robinson May 13, 2021
Music Russ Celebrates Major Radio Accomplishment After Russ and Lil Baby's "UGLY" became the most added single to Urban Radio, the independent rapper took a moment to celebrate. By Mitch Findlay January 20, 2021
Music Lil Uzi Vert Cryptically Reveals His Favorite New Artist Mario Judah gets some big praise from Lil Uzi Vert, who calls him his favorite new artist. By Alex Zidel November 23, 2020
Music 2 Chainz Runs The Hits In Tiny Desk (Home) Concert 2 Chainz runs through "Southside Hov," "Good Drank," "I'm Different" and more while getting a pedicure in his new Tiny Desk Concert. By Mitch Findlay February 17, 2021
Music Bobby Brown Talks Alcoholism & Addresses Son's Drug Overdose On "Red Table Talk" The celebrated singer details his struggles with substance abuse & explains why people who create synthetic drugs are "murderers." By Erika Marie April 13, 2021
Pop Culture DaBaby Asked JoJo Siwa To Perform With Him At Grammys DaBaby tried to get JoJo Siwa on stage with him at the Grammy Awards last night. By Alex Zidel March 15, 2021
Music Kid Cudi Sets An Unexpected Hot 100 Record Following the release of "Man On The Moon III," Kid Cudi went on to break the Hot 100 record for the shortest song on the chart's history. By Mitch Findlay December 23, 2020
Original Content What Happened To King Los? King Los was on the precipice of what seemed like a massive career, armed with both talent and a hip-hop mogul by his side, in the mid-2010s. We break down what's happened since then. By Robert Blair May 11, 2021