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Music Kendrick Lamar Shares What Dr. Dre Taught Him About The Music Business Kendrick Lamar got some helpful tips from one of the greatest hip-hop artists ever. By Matt F October 04, 2017
Music Travis Scott Brings "Circus Maximus" Tour Into 2025 With New International Dates Travis Scott has been completing side quest after side quest, but hos focus is coming back to music potentially this spring and in the fall. By Zachary Horvath March 25, 2025
Music Kanye West & DJ Akademiks Discuss Their Interview And Ak Explains How It Happened DJ Akademiks previously told rappers who got dragged in this upcoming interview to take it up with Kanye West, not with him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Pop Culture Lil Wayne Reflects On Iconic 100+ Feature Run In 2007 With Missy Elliott Artists who worked with Weezy in '07 include Ja Rule, Kanye West, and R. Kelly. By Hayley Hynes May 09, 2023
Music Oschino Thinks Either Jay-Z Or Joe Budden Is Lying About Beanie Sigel Situation The claim that they're all talking about comes from Oschino, and it's that Jay-Z refused to stick up for Beanie Sigel during his 2004 trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 14, 2024
Relationships Who Is Whitney Alford? Kendrick Lamar's High School Sweetheart Kendrick Lamar's long-time fiancé Whitney Alford has avoided the spotlight for much of her relationship with the rap megastar. By TeeJay Small May 08, 2024
Music King Harris Arrested On Failure To Appear Warrant In Georgia More legal troubles for the rapper. By Elias Andrews October 17, 2024
Music Detroit Rapper Dank Demoss Sues Lyft After Driver Turns Her Down Due To Her Weight Demoss is calling this out as discrimination. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2025
Music Kodak Black Declines Photo With Rude Fan After They Say "F*ck You, Take A Picture With Me" At Kentucky Derby Kodak Black recently shared that he doesn't shower daily and still receives compliments from women about his smell. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 04, 2025
Numbers Juice WRLD Posthumously Earns 50 New Platinum & Gold Certifications Juice WRLD posthumously earned 50 new RIAA gold & platinum certifications last week, including a 9-times platinum certification for "Lucid Dreams." By Alex Zidel November 02, 2021
Original Content Top 25 Best Jay-Z Songs Of All Time Jay-Z's legendary career has yielded an endless supply of timeless classics. By Brendan Bures April 05, 2018
Pop Culture The Game Gets Lit Up Over Interesting Caption Used While Celebrating Birth Of Son The Game inadvertently got a lot of folks upset over how he decided to express his happiness about having another child. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025