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Music Ebro Darden Says Hot 97 Owners Are Pitting Hosts Against Each Other DJ Enuff recently theorized that Funkmaster Flex was behind his departure at Hot 97, but Ebro isn't buying it. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Music Candace Owens Praises Rihanna At Super Bowl, Condemns Critical Conservatives According to Owens, there's something about Rihanna that she's always liked. By Erika Marie February 13, 2023
Music Donald Glover Not Being Sued By Former Label, Just Has To Resolve $700K In Royalties Donald Glover and Glassnote have to resolve details of their previous contract. By Chantilly Post July 10, 2018
Original Content Rise & Grind: Young Rog Breaks Down Why He Signed With Shelley FKA DRAM & LVRN Young Rog talks about his unqiue label situation with Shelley FKA DRAM's Waver and LVRN, his new project "Boy Next Door," and more in this new edition of "Rise & Grind." By Rose Lilah June 28, 2021
Politics Nicki Minaj Goes On Unprompted Rant About Trans Kids & Gavin Newsom Nicki Minaj's continued support of JD Vance and the administration of United States President Donald Trump continues to cause controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Music Brent Faiyaz "Fell In Love" With Our "R&B Season" Playlist Update This Week Do you have a favorite R&B gem that dropped this week? By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 07, 2023
Music KYLE Announces New Music & Reveals He's Fully Independent KYLE announces that he's officially an independent artist. By Alex Zidel June 22, 2021
Pop Culture Megan Thee Stallion's "HISS" Going No. 1 Wasn't Organic, According To "The Joe Budden Podcast" Hosts Budden and some of his co-hosts sound confident that "Hiss" didn't make it to the top of the charts without some help behind the scenes. By Hayley Hynes February 09, 2024
Sports Dr. Dre Admits He Was "Extremely Nervous" At Super Bowl Halftime Show Dr. Dre reflected on how nervous he was at the Super Bowl Halftime Show and spoke about Rihanna being chosen as the next performer. By Cole Blake September 25, 2022
Music The Weeknd's "After Hours" Has Arrived The Weeknd has delivered "After Hours," his first album in four years, after months of anticipation. By Lynn S. March 20, 2020
Music Kanye West Slammed By Non-Profit Founder For Comments About Jay-Z & Beyonce’s Children Kanye West has been making all sorts of headlines for his wildly controversial antics on social media in recent months. By Cole Blake April 20, 2025
Music Finally! Tasha K Reaches An Agreement With Cardi B That Wraps Up Their Defamation Lawsuit Saga Cardi B still wants her defamation judgement, but Tasha K secured an agreement that's less taxing on her financial strain. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 24, 2025