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Music Metro Boomin Pushes Back Album Release Date, Denies Dodging Competition Metro Boomin pushed back the release date of "Heroes & Villains" to December. By Aron A. October 27, 2022
Music RZA Talks Rap Glamorizing Violence: "Hip Hop Has Become One-Sided" Recently, radio DJs came forward to say they would no longer play gang-related diss tracks, and RZA speaks on violence being perpetuated in music. By Erika Marie February 18, 2022
Numbers The Weeknd Seemingly Accused Of Faking Sales Numbers: Report The Canadian artist previously made it known that he's not concerned with the sales of "Dawn FM." By Hayley Hynes January 18, 2022
Music Fivio Foreign Performs Verse On Kanye West's "Off The Grid" At Sweet 16 It appears that Fivio Foreign delivered his first performance of his standout verse on Kanye West's "Off The Grid" at a sweet 16 birthday party. By Aron A. August 30, 2021
Numbers Drake Makes Billboard History With "Take Care" & "Nothing Was The Same" Drizzy is the first person to ever achieve this feat. By Taylor McCloud November 18, 2021
Music Kanye West's "Donda 2" Not Eligible For Billboard Charts Billboard's guidelines on album bundles rule out Kanye West's "Donda 2" for chart consideration as it is only available through Ye's $200 Stem Player. By Alex Zidel March 07, 2022
Pop Culture Ari Fletcher Hints At Dropping Music: "Everyone Be Like 'Just Do It!'" Fletcher admitted that she "[doesn't] believe in [herself] to be a rapper," but fans and friends keep encouraging her. By Hayley Hynes January 17, 2022
Music Styles P Responds To Ghostface Killah & Raekwon's Proposed Verzuz Battle Against The LOX Ghostface Killah and Raekwon expressed interest in facing off against The LOX in "Verzuz" during their appearance on Drink Champs. By Aron A. November 30, 2021
Music Lil Wayne To Replace Migos On Lineup For Gov Ball 2022 The Migos will no longer be performing together at Gov Ball 2022 and Lil Wayne is stepping up to fill their spot on the lineup. By Cole Blake June 07, 2022
Music Lil Baby & QC Meet With Stacey Abrams The "Untrapped" star is using his influence to make change in his city. By hnhh September 01, 2022
Music Drake Wins Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year At iHeartRadio Awards The 2022 iHeartRadio Awards honors Drake as the Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year. By Aron A. March 23, 2022
Music Ab-Soul Helps Tease New Album With Kanye West Bar New Ab-Soul is reportedly on the way. By Alexander Cole April 14, 2022