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Music Akon Says He Needs Kanye West To Run For President: He's "Not Crazy" 2024's going to a year. By Chantilly Post November 18, 2019
Music Teejayx6 Calls Out Lil Pump For Biting His Rap Flow Teejayx6 hopped on Instagram to accuse Lil Pump of biting his rap flow, backed by a co-sign from his fellow Detroit rap affiliate Kasher Quon. By Keenan Higgins March 01, 2020
Music 9th Wonder Defends Jay-Z's GOAT Status 9th Wonder argued for Jay-Z's standing as The Greatest Of All Time, emphasizing that Hov wrote seven songs off "The Blueprint" in one weekend. By Lynn S. April 04, 2020
Music Drake's "Dark Lane Demo Tapes" At Risk Of Not Debuting At No. 1 Drake's new mixtape, "Dark Lane Demo Tapes," may get beaten out by country superstar Kenny Chesney's new album "Here & Now" for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. By Lynn S. May 02, 2020
Music Common "Rates The Bars" Of Kanye West, Vic Mensa, Mos Def, Polo G, & More He wasn't really feeling Juice WRLD. By Erika Marie October 29, 2019
Music Hitmaka's "Thot Box" Remix Has Young M.A, Dreezy, DreamDoll, Mulatto, & Chinese Kitty The track hits the streets next Friday. By Erika Marie October 29, 2019
Music KXNG Crooked Announces New Single Produced By Eminem KXNG Crooked's group Family Business is gearing up to release a new single produced by Eminem. By Mitch Findlay April 23, 2020
Music SZA Cried After Earl Sweatshirt Rejected Her First Feature Request: "We Frens Now" SZA recalled the first feature she ever requested was from Earl Sweatshirt and he quickly said no. By Erika Marie July 16, 2020
Music Lil Keed Offers BTS Look At His Life In New "Trapped On Cleveland 3" Short Film Lil Keed releases a new short film to accompany "Trapped On Cleveland 3," giving us a behind-the-scenes look at his life. By Alex Zidel August 11, 2020
Music Akon Reveals $6 Billion Contract To Build City In Senegal Akon's made official advancements in building a city in Senegal. By Aron A. June 16, 2020
Original Content Lloyd Banks Vs. Rick Ross: A Complete History A complete history of the long-running and tense beef between Rick Ross and Lloyd Banks, a feud that originally began in 2009. By Mitch Findlay September 02, 2020
Original Content Kamaiyah Demands That You Respect Her Hustle As She Holds It Down For The West Coast EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Bay Area rapper Kamaiyah caught up with us to talk about her Death Row dreams, hopes for a TDE link, being an authentic artist, and why she wants that Drake, Future, and Young Thug collab ASAP. By Erika Marie August 22, 2020