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Music Chief Keef & Mike WiLL Made-It Announce Collaboration Tape "DIRTY NACHOS" & Its Release Date Fans are not getting "Almighty So 2" just yet, but this is definitely something worthwhile that will tide them over. By Zachary Horvath March 12, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg Mourns Death Of His 10-Month-Old Granddaughter Codi Snoop Dogg's daughter Cori Broadus shared the heartbreaking news that her daughter Codi passed away after a NICU stay. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 01, 2026
Music Nas' Harvard Fellowship Is Now Taking Applications Nas first partnered with Harvard University to launch the hip-hop fellowship back in 2013 and students can still take advantage. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Hit-Boy & Mike Will Made-It To Face Off On "Verzuz" "Verzuz" has a new battle between Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made-It after making its return at ComplexCon, last year. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Joey Bada$$ Remembers Wanting Jay-Z To Manage Him Not Sign Him Before Joining Roc Nation Joey Bada$$ issued another challenge to the West Coast in his latest freestyle with Red Bull that includes Big Sean and Ab-Soul. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Music Beyonce Brings Out Her Mom Tina Knowles During Tour To Celebrate Her New Book's Success Beyonce and Tina Knowles also took the stage with the former's daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi during the "COWBOY CARTER" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music Clipse & Pharrell Preview Kendrick Lamar's "Chains & Whips" Verse In New Snippet Kendrick Lamar's feature on the upcoming Clipse album "Let God Sort Em Out" supposedly caused label drama with Def Jam and UMG. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Offset & Cardi B Go Head To Head On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" has a brief but blazing update for you thanks to new music this week from Cardi B, Offset, JID, Rob49, Fred again.., and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Disses Ab-Soul For Being Legally Blind Ab-Soul referenced wanting to slap DJ Akademiks in a diss track aimed at Joey Bada$$ amid his feud with the West Coast. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Music Diddy's Former Assistant Explains Why He Stopped Being Mogul's Alleged Fixer George Kaplan alleged Diddy ordered him to clean up his messes and get money for him. Kaplan is one of many witnesses in this federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Baby Tate Reveals 1.5 Million Debt To Warner After Boyfriend's GoFundMe Comes Under Fire As Yung Baby Tate, the Atlanta rap star ascended to the mainstream scene with her unique sound and impactful music such as "Dungarees." By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 20, 2025
Music Lauren London To Play Snoop Dogg’s Mother In Upcoming Biopic The cast of Snoop continues to grow, with Lauren London taking on the role of Beverly Tate opposite Jonathan Daviss. By Erika Marie August 25, 2026