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Music Blondy Of The Sequence Dead At 67 Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook recently confirmed the passing of her groupmate Blondy, revealing that she's "in shock." By Caroline Fisher April 08, 2026
Music Billboard's Top 75 R&B Singers Of All Time List Sparks Massive Social Media Debate Billboard ranked 75 of the greatest R&B singers of all time, including Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music The Poor Reviews For Yeat's "ADL" Are Piling Up Yeat's new album "ADL" was highly sought after; however, it seems to have let down a lot of listeners early on. By Zachary Horvath March 27, 2026
Music YBT Of 83 Babies Dead At 23 Earlier this month, YBT of 83 Babies was fatally injured in a shooting in his hometown of Durham, North Carolina. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2026
Music ASAP Rocky Removes New Video, “Pray4DaGang,” From YouTube, Fans Confused ASAP Rocky paused the release of his anticipated album, Don’t Be Dumb, to fight his criminal trial in 2024. He was found not guilty. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 06, 2025
Music Future Seemingly Responds To Drake's Shots On "What Did I Miss?" A vague Future tweet led many to reflect on the Drake beef that began as a result of the Kendrick Lamar battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music Dame Dash's Bankruptcy May Not Be Enough To Protect Him From Millions In Judgements Unfortunately, the hits keep on coming for Dame Dash even though he's drowning in $25 million in debt. He filed for bankruptcy in September. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music FBG Casino Secures Special Release In RICO Drug Case Many fans reacted to this news with snitching allegations, although there's no concrete information connecting that to FBG Casino. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2025
Music Ksoo Drops Freestyle From Behind Bars Before Murder Sentencing The Ksoo case gained notoriety in the hip-hop world due to his father, who testified against him during his murder trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Settles Lil Wayne Beef And Hints At Having A Collab Album In The Works Young Thug's comments on Lil Wayne come after dropping his highly anticipated new album, "UY Scuti," last Friday. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025
Streetwear Young Thug Speaks On Gay Rumors And Playboi Carti & Lil Uzi Vert's Style Young Thug said on "The Pivot" podcast that his gender-defying style choices paved the way for folks like Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025
Pop Culture How Many Kids Does Cardi B Have? Despite her music's reliance on explicit content, Cardi B is a family woman with 2 biological kids at home, and 3 step-children. By TeeJay Small April 15, 2024