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Numbers DaBaby & Roddy Ricch Have Spotify's Song Of The Summer DaBaby and Roddy Ricch's "ROCKSTAR" has officially been named Spotify's Song of Summer 2020. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Music Tink Drops Off A Treat For Christmas With "A Gift And A Curse" R&B underdog Tink is continuing to give us quality work on the low, this time dropping off a surprise Christmas treat in the form of a new EP titled "A Gift And A Curse." By Keenan Higgins December 25, 2020
Music Westside Gunn Appears Displeased With Shady Records During last night's BET Awards, Westside Gunn took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with Eminem's Shady Records. By Mitch Findlay June 29, 2020
Music Big Sean Visits Childhood Home In "Making Of Detroit 2" Big Sean releases the first part of his "Making Of Detroit 2" series, visiting his childhood home and sharing more behind-the-scenes footage. By Alex Zidel September 15, 2020
Music Roddy Ricch Performs "The Box" & "High Fashion" For BET Awards 2020 Roddy Ricch took to the BET Awards spotlight to perform his hits "The Box" and "High Fashion." By Cole Blake June 28, 2020
Music Mariah Carey Debuts Christmas-Themed Video A Day After Halloween Carey is almost ready to take over the X-Mas radiowaves. By Karlton Jahmal November 01, 2020
Music The Weeknd Explains Dark Meaning Of "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd explains that his hit single "Blinding Lights" is actually about drunk driving and being blinded by the traffic lights, clarifying that he does not promote driving under the influence. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Music King Von Dead At Age 26: Report King Von's best friend and producer confirms that the rapper has died following a shoot-out with Quando Rondo's crew. By Alex Zidel November 06, 2020
Music Bbno$ & Diamond Pistols Make A Good Argument For Breaking Up With "Help Herself" Viral Vancouver rap star bbno$ links with rising dance/electronic sensation Diamond Pistols for "Help Herself," an alt rock collab about what it means to admit you're a bad lover. By Keenan Higgins January 30, 2021
Music Meek Mill Reportedly Only Offered Poundside Pop $10K For Record Deal After trading shots on social media, Poundside Pop details a meeting he had with Meek Mill. By Aron A. December 06, 2020
Music Lloyd Banks Asserts Dominance Over "99%" Of Rappers Lloyd Banks asserts dominance over the rap game, declaring that he can out-rap the vast majority of his peers on a bar-for-bar basis. By Mitch Findlay November 06, 2020
Music Don Toliver Explains How He Linked Up With Eminem Don Toliver explains how he ended up on Eminem's new album "Music To Be Murdered By" with Ebro Darden and Apple Music. By Alex Zidel March 31, 2020