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Music Nicki Minaj Fast-Tracked "Seeing Green" Clean Version For Fan-In-Need After "Seeing Green" hit streaming services without a clean version, Nicki Minaj quickly moved to remedy that for a fan in need. By Mitch Findlay May 18, 2021
Music Machine Gun Kelly Begins Shooting His First Western Following the release of his "Tickets To My Downfall" album, Machine Gun Kelly reveals that he's getting to work on a new movie. By Mitch Findlay October 13, 2020
Politics Ice Cube Baffled By Backlash Over Trump Meeting As the election results continue to come in, Ice Cube takes to Twitter to voice his displeasure with the backlash he's faced over his Republican meeting. By Mitch Findlay November 05, 2020
Music J. Cole & Rick Ross Praise Rising Rapper Morray's "Quicksand" Morray's rapidly-rising "Quicksand" has caught the eye of J. Cole and Rick Ross, both of whom were quick to praise the North Carolina rapper. By Mitch Findlay November 04, 2020
Music Russ Deems Ab-Soul One Of The Best Rappers Alive Russ takes a moment to pay homage to a rapper that doesn't always get the respect he deserves: Ab-Soul. By Mitch Findlay August 27, 2020
Music Swagger Rite Links With Roy Wood$ For New Single "Drugs & Love" Weston Road's own Swagger Rite links with fellow Canadian Roy Wood$ for a synth-driven, languid party track titled "Drugs & Love" off his upcoming EP, "The Detour." By Keenan Higgins December 21, 2020
Music Erica Banks Addresses Megan Thee Stallion "Copycat" Accusations Erica Banks is the latest signee to Carl Crawford's 1501 Entertainment and people think she's stealing Megan Thee Stallion's swag. By Alex Zidel June 19, 2020
Music Benny The Butcher Reveals How He Secured A Chinx Verse Benny The Butcher talks "The Plugs I Met 2," how Harry Fraud differs from Hit-Boy, and how he landed a posthumous Chinx verse. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2021
Music Busta Rhymes Gives Take On Creating A "Cohesive Body Of Work" In This Generation He also shares a few thoughts on how he feels about what he's hearing from the new generation of rap artists. By Erika Marie November 28, 2020
Music Lil Yachty Teases A "Big Announcement Coming Soon" Lil Yachty has his fans on high alert after sharing that he's got a big announcement coming up. By Alex Zidel October 19, 2020
Music Gucci Mane Reads Classic Literature In MSCHF's "Project Gucciberg" Deepfake With the release of "Project Gucciberg," Gucci Mane is the latest entertainer to fall victim to third-party deepfakes. By Joshua Robinson March 04, 2021
Politics Ice Cube To Discuss CWBA With Joe Biden Ice Cube confirms that the Joe Biden administration has officially reached out to discuss the Contract With Black America. By Mitch Findlay February 05, 2021