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Music EarthGang & Wale's Upcoming "Options" Gets Release Date EarthGang and Wale's upcoming collaboration "Options," originally teased back in April, has officially landed a release date. By Mitch Findlay December 16, 2020
Music Soulja Boy Offers Poignant Analysis On The Cost Of Living Protests In France Soulja Boy recently took to social media to offer up some commentary on the situation involving the protests in France. By Alexander Cole October 19, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Is Hip-Hop's MVP For 2024 Who else but King Kendrick? By Alexander Cole December 23, 2024
Music LL Cool J Gets Real About Joe Budden Finally Going Gold In 2024 LL Cool J sees through the smoke and mirrors. By Alexander Cole August 29, 2024
Music JoJo, Trey Songz, Summer Walker & More Bless Our "R&B Season" Playlist Cuts off JoJo's new album, "good to know," plus some new collabs from Summer Walker including a joint with Trey Songz and another with Khalid highlight this week's "R&B Season" playlist. By Lynn S. May 03, 2020
TV Wiz Khalifa May Be A Contestant On "The Masked Singer" Following yesterday's episode of "The Masked Singer," fans are almost certain that one of the contestants is Wiz Khalifa. By Joshua Robinson March 18, 2021
Music Playboi Carti Assures Fans That "I AM MUSIC" Is Dropping "FASHO" In 2025 Fans have been patiently waiting for Playboi Carti's new album so long that they began to believe it will never come. He confirms it's coming. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 02, 2025
Music Erica Banks Says She's Confident In Competing Against Megan Thee Stallion But Fans Aren't So Sure Erica Banks thinks she could out freestyle Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake May 27, 2024
Music Kanye West Accused By Redditors Of Egregious AI Use On "VULTURES 2" Given the quality of "VULTURES 2", this wouldn't shock us too much if its indeed true. By Zachary Horvath September 18, 2024
Music Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival Attendee Enlists Ben Crump In Lawsuit: Report More lawsuits have been filed against Travis Scott and Live Nation over the deadly crowd surge at Astroworld Festival in Houston. By Aron A. November 08, 2021
Music Tyler The Creator Debunks Rumor About Free Concert With Daniel Caesar Tyler, The Creator just wrapped up most of his "CHROMAKOPIA" tour, but it looks like many fans are still begging for him to hit the stage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Spits Backseat Freestyle Over Madlib Beats With a new Uber freestyle, Freddie Gibbs proves that he's incapable of not rapping over Madlib beats the moment they reach his ears. By Mitch Findlay January 29, 2021