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Music Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Shine In Nostalgic Throwback Pic Snoop Dogg brings things back to the classic Death Row era with old school Dr. Dre throwback picture. By Mitch Findlay February 26, 2020
Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Forces With Gatorade For Massive Marketing Campaign One of the new Gatorade ads featuring Kendrick Lamar is now on YouTube, and the campaign will debut during the NBA playoffs this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Drake & Usain Bolt "Roc The Mic" At London After Party Drake's "boys night out" in London turned out to be a VIP-only event. By Devin Ch April 10, 2019
Music Fake Streams Could Cost Artists & Labels $300M In Revenue A Year: Report Someone let ScHoolboy Q that the machine that fakes streams has been identified. By Aron A. June 20, 2019
Music Megan Thee Stallion Cancels Jingle Ball Show After Team Was Exposed To COVID The rapper also gave an update on her status. By Erika Marie December 16, 2021
Music Madlib On MF DOOM: “I Still Can’t Believe That He Died” The producer opened up about bring thrown by the news of the rapper's passing in a new interview. By Madusa S. January 28, 2021
Music Lil Baby Announces Four-Month Long World Tour For "WHAM" Lil Baby isn't tackling this behemoth of a trek by himself, though. By Zachary Horvath February 18, 2025
Music The Weeknd Seemingly Teases Collaboration With Apple The Weeknd may have something in the works. By Cole Blake June 02, 2024
Music Gunna Offers Another Definition Of "Pushin P," Now Likening It To "Player Shit" Gunna gives his fans a better definition of what "Pushin P" means. By Jordan Schenkman April 08, 2022
Music Michelle Williams Opens Up After Her Stay At Mental Health Institution The singer seems to be doing well after receiving treatment. By Zaynab July 28, 2018
Music DJ Akademiks Finally Gets His OVO Chain From Drake DJ Akademiks has always been a huge Drake supporter, and that support paid off with some OVO hardware from the man himself. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Relationships Ashanti Claims Irv Gotti Would Say No One Wanted To Work With Her In a must-watch interview on Angie Martinez's podcast, Ashanti is giving her side of the story. By Erika Marie October 26, 2022