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Pop Culture Akon Received $1 Billion Credit Line From China: “I Spent It” The music mogul used the funds to place solar lights in Africa. By Lamar Banks October 25, 2022
Pop Culture A$AP Rocky Teases New Music Coming This Thursday In Since-Deleted Instagram Post It remains unclear if Rocky will be dropping a short film, music video, or project, but from the looks of the cover art, we can expect to see Rihanna. By Hayley Hynes May 03, 2022
Music Tank Calls Final Album "Bittersweet" As He Laments Over Artists Not Returning His Calls The R&B icon explains it's all about the "camaraderie" in the genre, adding, "doing this together is bigger than hoarding our own individual moments." By Erika Marie February 23, 2022
Music T-Pain Corrects Fans On Lyrics To "I'm Sprung": "It Drives Me Crazy!" T-Pain corrected fans on the lyrics to "I'm Sprung." By Cole Blake April 05, 2022
Pop Culture Lupe Fiasco & Royce Da 5'9" Podcast Is Officially Done Lupe Fiasco announced the end of the podcast in an Instagram Live this week. By Joe Abrams July 23, 2021
Music Slipknot's Corey Taylor Calls Ye A "Moron" For $200 Stem Player Slipknot's frontman says "it's not right" that Ye is charging $200 to access "Donda 2" while people are struggling to pay rent. By Aron A. March 09, 2022
Music Too Short Runs Through His Classics During Tiny Desk Concert With a live band behind him, Short Dog revisited some fan favorites in this enjoyable performance. By Erika Marie February 17, 2022
Relationships Coi Leray Trolls Pressa's Canadian Accent The string of playful social media videos between Coi Leray and Pressa continues with another one focused on the Toronto rapper's accent. By EJ Panaligan June 24, 2021
Numbers Kanye West's "DONDA" Couldn't Quite Beat Drake's "Scorpion" Spotify Debut Kanye West’s 10th studio album is already setting major records. By Hayley Hynes August 30, 2021
Music JT Snaps On Person Who Complained About Rappers Making Drill Records City Girls released their Drill track "Top Notch" featuring Fivio Foreign, and JT wasn't putting up with anyone "trying to create wars." By Erika Marie April 01, 2022
Music Smino Announces Title For Upcoming Album "Luv 4 Rent" Smino's last album came in 2018. By Thomas Galindo December 11, 2021
Music Bobby Shmurda Shares Cute Throwback Photo Bobby's stayed the same through it all. By Thomas Galindo November 10, 2021