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Music Why Yasiin Bey Is Considered A Hip Hop Legend Covering Yasiin Bey's legendary career in music and film, as well as his early origins in Brooklyn. By TeeJay Small January 22, 2024
Music Blueface Claps Back At Soulja Boy After Being Hit With Prison Rape Threats Blueface had some words for Soulja Boy following the latter's most recent rant. By Alexander Cole January 19, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg Reveals How Much He Really Smokes In A Day He doesn't smoke as much as you'd think. By Tallie Spencer September 19, 2023
Music Pharrell Defends Kanye West's Title As The "Louis Vuitton Don" Pharrell instead calls himself the "Pupil King." By Caroline Fisher June 21, 2023
Music Dionne Warwick Cancels Shows Because Of "Medical Incident" Warwick is healing up, and we can likely expect her to be sassing it up on Twitter again in no time. By Noah Grant June 17, 2023
Music Diplomats' Freekey Zekey Opens Up The Harrowing Night He Was Shot Freekey Zekey finally opens up about the night he was shot. By Mitch Findlay January 02, 2020
Music Young Dolph Settles Lawsuit Over "Stolen" Song With Megan Thee Stallion: Report The lawsuit regarding the Juicy J-produced track featuring Megan thee Stallion has finally been settled. By Madusa S. June 15, 2021
Relationships The Weeknd's "Heartless" Seemingly References Selena Gomez & Bella Hadid Splits The Weeknd seemingly sings about his relationships with Bella Hadid and Selena Gomez on the new cut. By Alex Zidel November 27, 2019
Music Nicki Minaj Tells Lil Wayne That Marriage To Kenneth Petty Is "Refreshing & Calming" Lil Wayne & Nicki Minaj linked up on Young Money radio where they spoke about her career, nabbing a No. 1 song with Doja Cat, why social media distancing is important, and what married life has been like for Mrs. Petty. By Erika Marie June 13, 2020
Original Content Havoc Details Origins Of His Dark Production, Signing With 50 Cent & His Favorite Mobb Deep Album Havoc, one half-of Mobb Deep and a pioneer of dark production, opens up about his creativity, why he loves his time with G-Unit, and some of his favorite moments in the studio. By Mitch Findlay February 10, 2021
Sports Beats By Dre Announces NBA Partnership, Includes Team-Branded Headphones Beats By Dre inks deal to become official headphone supplier of the NBA. By Kyle Rooney September 07, 2018
Music The-Dream Sells 75% Of His Catalog For $23 Million The-Dream has effectively rolled the dice on future royalty checks. By Devin Ch July 12, 2018