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Music Pop Smoke's Murder Suspects Charged, Possibly Face Death Penalty Two men and two teenagers have been charged with murder and robbery in the death of Pop Smoke. By Aron A. July 13, 2020
Music QC CEO Pee, Coach K & Quavo Pay Respect To Lil Marlo Quality Control's CEO reacts to news of Lil Marlo's death this morning. By Aron A. July 12, 2020
Music Young Buck Says He Shared A Cell With Future's Son In Prison Young Buck has some tales from prison now that he's out. By Aron A. May 18, 2020
Music Lil Durk Addresses Rumors That His "Rat" Lyric Was About 6ix9ine On Drake's "Laugh Now Cry Later," Lil Durk rapped a line about a "rat" and many fans believed he was targeting 6ix9ine. By Erika Marie August 18, 2020
Tech J. Cole's New Songs Wouldn't Play On Spotify & People Were Big Mad J. Cole's new songs were not playing on Spotify for some users, resulting in outrage across social media. By Alex Zidel July 23, 2020
Music J. Cole's "Lion King On Ice" May Have Been For Lil Pump One of J. Cole's new songs, "Lion King On Ice," features a few bars that many believe were meant for Lil Pump. By Alex Zidel July 23, 2020
Music Kid Cudi Is Turning Selena Gomez Into A Hip-Hop Head Kid Cudi and Selena Gomez have become close friends and are going through some of the most legendary female rappers together. By Alex Zidel April 27, 2020
Music Juicy J & DJ Paul Hit $uicideboy$ With $6.4M Lawsuit Over Uncleared Samples DJ Paul and Juicy J go after $uicideboy$ for millions for “illegally sampling and stealing" 35 songs from Three 6 Mafia's catalog. By Aron A. September 08, 2020
Music Raekwon Reflects On "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2" 11 Year Anniversary Eleven years removed from its initial release, Raekwon took a moment to reflect on the legacy "Only Built By Cuban Linx 2" has since built. By Mitch Findlay September 08, 2020
Music Blueface Washes His Hands Of Doja Cat Blueface isn't interested in the idea of forgiving Doja Cat, going so far as to call her out on IG live. By Mitch Findlay May 26, 2020
Music Irv Gotti Names Bad Boy Records As The Only Opponent Against Murder Inc For "Verzuz" If it was a label face-off, the Murder Inc boss would like to see a hit-for-hit battle with Diddy's crew. By Erika Marie August 04, 2022
Tech Snoop Dogg On Removing Death Row Catalogue From DSPs: "Those Platforms Don't Pay" Have you tuned into the Doggfather's "Drink Champs" interview yet? By Hayley Hynes April 17, 2022