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Original Content Aftermath's Most Prolific Year: 2005 With the possibility of an impending Aftermath "takeover", we take a look at the imprint's most hectic and financially lucrative year. By Robert Blair October 26, 2021
Music Pusha T Earns 1st Top Album On Billboard 200 Chart With "It's Almost Dry" Pusha T's "It's Almost Dry" debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart. By Cole Blake May 01, 2022
Pop Culture Big Sean & Hit-Boy Perform "What A Life" On "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" The "What You Expect" collaborators hit the Fallon stage to perform one of their newest records. By Taylor McCloud November 19, 2021
Music Kanye West & Jay-Z Tie For Rappers With Most Grammys Of All Time Kanye West and Jay-Z now have the most Grammys of all time for rappers. By Cole Blake April 04, 2022
Original Content Future's "I Never Liked You": Top 5 Beats We broke down five of the best beats on Future's latest project, "I NEVER LIKED YOU." By Aron A. April 29, 2022
Original Content Pusha T On Rap Album Of The Year: “I Want What’s Mine” As the Rap Album Of The Year campaign continues, Pusha T shares his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers," the Clipse reunion, and what classic album he'd compare "It's Almost Dry" to. By Aron A. June 23, 2022
Music Tyler, The Creator Praises Kendrick Lamar & Says He Loves "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" Tyler, The Creator showered Kendrick Lamar with praise while discussing his new album on Converse's “All Star Series." By Cole Blake June 21, 2022
Music Kevin Gates Trends As Raunchy Show Attracts Unlikely Fan The rapper's made headlines once again for his racy concert. By hnhh September 14, 2022
Music DJ Akademiks & Ugly God Verbally Spar About Drake's "Honestly, Nevermind" Akademiks is holding Drake down as he supports the OVO mogul's latest effort, while Ugly God called him out for his prior criticism of Ski Mask The Slump God. By Erika Marie June 20, 2022
Music Jay-Z Shares How He Came Up With Irv Gotti's Nickname In a rare interview, Hov sat down for BET's Murder Inc docuseries and spoke about his relationship with the label head. By Erika Marie August 15, 2022
Music Chance The Rapper Invites Chief Keef On Ghana Trip Chance The Rapper told Chief Keef to tag along with him on a trip to Ghana and Chief Keef responded on Twitter. By Cole Blake June 20, 2022
Music Trina Discusses The "Illusion" Of Her Onstage Persona: "That's My Alter Ego" The Rap legend spoke about audiences not knowing the difference between Trina the rapper and Katrina the person. By Erika Marie April 27, 2022