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Original Content Why MF Doom Is Allowed To Use Imposters On Stage Hot on the heels of accusations that Kendrick used a stand-in during a live performance, we analyse why MF Doom continues to get away with sending body doubles to his shows. By Robert Blair December 02, 2019
Original Content Where Are They Now? 20 Icons Of The “Hip Hop Blog” Era A look back at 20 of the most memorable rappers from the peak hip-hop blog era, circa 2006-2011. By Maxwell Cavaseno June 12, 2019
Original Content How Suge Knight Became Hip-Hop's Biggest Antagonist Fresh from Joyner Lucas wishing death upon him on "Devil's Work," we examine how Death Row's Suge Knight became the most hated villain in hip-hop's collective history. By Robert Blair May 16, 2019
Pop Culture Diddy To Receive BET Awards' 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Diddy is set to be honored at the 2022 BET Awards. By Quam Odunsi June 13, 2022
Music 6ix9ine Reacts To A$AP Rocky Praising Him For Bringing Gangs Together Despite 6ix9ine's snitching controversy, A$AP Rocky recently called him "entertaining" and showed him some love. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2026
Music Malice Accused Of Stealing A Hot Dog After Lollapalooza Clipse were performing in Chicago over the weekend for Lollapalooza, and Malice got hit with some strange allegations. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music Lefty Gunplay’s Mugshot Surfaces As New Details Emerge About Rolling Loud Arrest According to online arrest records, Lefty Gunplay's bond was set at $500K, and a court date was set for March 18. By Caroline Fisher March 18, 2025
Music Giveon Reflects On His "TWENTIES" On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update His new album is set to impress. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 09, 2025
Music Year Of Thug: 52 Great Young Thug Songs From 2016 52 Young Thug songs, one for every week of the past year. By Narsimha Chintaluri December 30, 2016
Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Elite Company By Reaching 50 Billion Total Streams On Spotify Only a select few hip-hop artists have ever reached as many total streams as Kendrick Lamar now has on Spotify. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Pop Culture Dave Blunts Calls Out PlaqueBoyMax For Trying To “Make A Joke” Out Of Him Dave Blunts is convinced PlaqueBoyMax doesn't like him. By Caroline Fisher January 16, 2025
Music Over 25 Unreleased Juice WRLD Songs Appear Online In Massive Leak Juice WRLD's estate has dealt with tons of leaks of the rapper's unreleased music in the years since his passing. By Cole Blake January 27, 2026