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Original Content A Brief History Of Nudity & Sexually Explicit Imagery In Hip-Hop Album Artwork In light of Meek Mill's controversial "Expensive Pain" artwork, we revisit some of Hip-Hop's most sexually explicit album covers. By Joshua Robinson October 25, 2021
Music T.I. Addresses Allegations, Being Seen As A "Creep," And His Final Album During an extensive interview with the Big Facts Podcast, T.I. opened up about the allegations, being labeled a "creep," and his final album. By Mitch Findlay September 14, 2021
Music Snoh Aalegra Breaks Down Her Ethnicity For The Last Time Snoh Aalegra clears up any confusion about her ethnicity. By Alex Zidel July 21, 2021
Music Lloyd Banks Reveals What "COTI" Stands For The Punchline King Lloyd Banks unveils the official title to his upcoming album in the full trailer for "COTI." By Mitch Findlay May 21, 2021
Music Jay-Z Sold Kanye West's Masters To Buy Back His Own: Report Jay-Z reportedly sold master recordings of Kanye West's first six albums to buy back his own masters in the Roc-A-Fella-Def Jam deal. By Alex Zidel September 18, 2020
Numbers DaBaby Celebrates "Rockstar" Hitting A Billion Spotify Streams Mere months after DaBaby's "Suge" surpassed the billion-stream mark, "Rockstar" has officially achieved the same milestone. By Mitch Findlay February 10, 2021
Original Content Westside Boogie Confirms New Album Is Ready, Talks Smino Collab Album, Eminem & More Westside Boogie chops it up with us for an exclusive interview about the long-awaited new album (it's around the corner), the Smino collab album, why signing to Eminem was the right choice and more. By Rose Lilah December 03, 2021
Original Content Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg: A History Of Their Relationship As their Super Bowl performance approaches, we're recapping the three-decade long relationship between Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. By Robert Blair February 10, 2022
Music Paris Jackson Reveals If She's Open To Collaborating With Aunt Janet Jackson The entertainer continues her family's musical history and was asked if she would even step into the studio with her industry icon aunt. By Erika Marie January 11, 2022
Music Jay Rock: The TDE Emcee's Best Songs Jay Rock season is officially upon us. In wake of his latest single, we've ranked his best songs. By Wyatt Westlake June 29, 2023
Music N.O.R.E Tears Up While Remembering Big Pun N.O.R.E. made a tearful appearance in a new documentary remembering Big Pun. By Lavender Alexandria June 15, 2023
Music Dr. Dre Had To Change Original "Aftermath" Label Name For This Reason Can you guess what the label's original name was? By Lavender Alexandria June 13, 2023