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Music Chris Brown Questions Notion That He’s Been “Blackballed” At Sold-Out Show: Watch Chris Brown opened his "11:11" tour with a packed performance in Detroit this week. By Caroline Fisher June 06, 2024
Music J.I.D. Praises Battle Rappers & Teases Goodie Mob Freestyles With Nardwuar J.I.D finds a kindred spirit in The Human Serviette. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2019
Music DJ Akademiks Jokes That Lil Baby Has Lost All His Talent DJ Akademiks doesn't like what he's hearing from Lil Baby. By Cole Blake December 23, 2024
Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Sports Kawhi Leonard Announces First Annual Culture Jam Sports & Music Festival The inaugural festival will feature musical acts as well as multiple basketball games. By Taylor McCloud October 22, 2021
Music Don Toliver Says Working With Kanye West Was A "Crazy Blessing" The "Heaven Or Hell" rapper stopped by Hot 97 to talk about working with Kanye. By Taylor McCloud October 07, 2021
Relationships Chance The Rapper Opens Up About Kirsten Corley Divorce Chance The Rapper and Kirsten Corley announced their split together back in April and finalized their divorce in January 2025. By Zachary Horvath August 12, 2025
Music Nas Will Collaborate With Robert De Niro On First Ever "De Niro Con" By Elias Andrews May 13, 2024
Music Dame Dash Claims Diddy & Biggie Bit Off Him & Jay-Z's Dynamic Of course, Roc-A-Fella and Bad Boy eventually got cool, but it seems like there was some potential tension in New York at first. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2024
Music Baby Keem Teases New Album During Osheaga Set It will be Keem's first album since 2021. By Ben Mock August 06, 2023
Music Smoove'L Aims For King Of NY Status With Debut Album "Ice Cups And Shootouts" Smoove'L is aiming to be the next Brooklyn native to make a claim on the rap scene, and his debut album "Ice Cups And Shootouts" may be the one to put him at the top. By Keenan Higgins December 18, 2020
Music King Von's Sister Posts Heartfelt Tribute On Fourth Anniversary Of His Death She still feels the loss. By Elias Andrews November 06, 2024