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Music Styles P Announces His Retirement As A Solo Artist & Teases Final Albums Styles P reveals that he will only be making music as a member of The LOX following the culmination of his solo career in late 2023. By Joshua Robinson October 06, 2022
Music Man Found Guilty In 2018 Killing Of Lil Lonnie The Mississippi rapper was only 22 when he was shot and killed in 2018. By Joe Abrams June 04, 2021
Music QC's P Disses GRAMMY Awards For Lil Baby's AOTY Snub Lil Baby was snubbed in the Best Rap Album and Album Of The Year categories. By Alex Zidel November 24, 2020
Music Nelly Approves Of "Buss It Challenge": "Keep Doing It!" Erica Banks's hit single samples Nelly's No. 1 song, "Hot in Herre." By Erika Marie January 19, 2021
Music D'Angelo & Friends To Appear On Next "Verzuz" D'Angelo will be appearing on "Verzuz" at the end of February. By Cole Blake February 15, 2021
Pop Culture 50 Cent’s Surprise Super Bowl Appearance Among Twitter’s Favourite Halftime Show Moments LeBron James described the performance as "the greatest halftime show [he's] ever seen!!!" By Hayley Hynes February 13, 2022
Music Kevin Gates Gets "Vulnerable" With Mike Tyson, Reveals He Was Molested As A Child The Lousiana rapper shared his story & stated that he's never spoken about this publicly. By Erika Marie June 30, 2021
Music Tyler, The Creator Explains Why BET Performance Meant So Much To Him Tyler, The Creator opens up about why his recent BET Awards Performance of "LUMBERJACK" was so significant to him. By Mitch Findlay July 28, 2021
Music Lil Uzi Vert Seemingly Shades Kanye West In Post-And-Delete Tweet The ongoing feud between Kanye and Drake has caused Uzi to throw his two cents into the conversation. By Erika Marie August 23, 2021
Music Royce Da 5'9's Dad Thought Dr. Dre Was A Licensed Medical Professional Royce Da 5'9's dad hilariously recalls the time Dr. Dre called his house, only to be mistaken for a licensed medical professional. By Mitch Findlay March 10, 2021
Music Jeezy Unveils "Recession 2" Album Cover Ahead of his Verzuz battle with Gucci Mane, Jeezy came through to reveal the album cover of his upcoming "Recession 2" album. By Mitch Findlay November 16, 2020
Music Migos Labelmate Metro Marrs Arrested After Throwing 10K Into Crowd At Graduation Neither his high school nor law enforcement were feeling the Quality Control artists' fun gesture. By Madusa S. May 25, 2021