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Music Drake's "Marvin's Room" Reaches RIAA's Diamond Eligibility, His 16th Song To Do So Drake's "Marvin's Room" included a voicemail from a former friend of the rap star that would actually file a lawsuit over the song. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 07, 2025
Music Cordae Reveals What Really Caused YBN's Breakup Cordae reveals what really happened to YBN. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 02, 2025
Music G-Unit's Mike Knox Released From Prison & Connects With 50 Cent G-Unit affiliate Mike Knox has come home. By Mitch Findlay April 24, 2019
Music Ja Rule Ruthlessly Mocks 50 Cent For Alleged Poor Ticket Sales Ja Rule and 50 Cent have been beefing for over 25 years, and there is just no reason to assume it'll ever end at this point. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Original Content Every Travis Scott Feature So Far Revisit Travis' many guest appearances from 2012 to 2017. By Trevor Smith March 29, 2017
Relationships Brian McKnight Has Allegedly Made No Effort To Contact His Family After His Son Niko's Death Brian McKnight's son, Niko, passed away at the age of 32, last week, following a lengthy battle with cancer. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Ray J Claims Responsibility For Creating Lil Kim And Nicki Minaj Feud Ray J's friendship with Nicki Minaj is stronger than ever these days, but the singer actually dissed the rapper in 2010. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Kanye West Says He's "Autistic," Not Bipolar Kanye West says he "may be slightly autistic." By Cole Blake December 12, 2022
Music Mother & Son Inspiration For 2Pac's "Brenda’s Got A Baby" Reunite After 3 Decades Author Jeff Pearlman helped orchestrate the reunion for his new book, "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur." By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Travis Scott's "Days Before Rodeo": 5 Songs That Laid The Foundation For "Rodeo" To celebrate the tenth anniversary and upcoming DSP re-release of Travis Scott's fan-favorite mixtape, we're applauding its indelible influence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 19, 2024
Music Wu-Tang Clan "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" Timeline: What Happened & What's Next? This extra-rare, multi-million-dollar Wu-Tang Clan album has been through a few ringers at this point. Why is it coming back, and what led us here? By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2024
Music Drake Says There Will Be "A Lot To Talk About" On "ICEMAN" Drake had a similar message for his Australian fans this year which is where he first revealed that he had another solo tape in the works. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025