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Music Kendrick Lamar Shatters Two More Major Records Thanks To “GNX” And “Luther” Kendrick Lamar's got a lot going for him these days, from his chart-topping album "GNX" to his massively successful tour with SZA. By Caroline Fisher July 02, 2025
Music Watch Tyra Banks Spit An Old Rap From High School On "Sway's Universe" Tyra Banks has bars, apparently. By Milca P. December 02, 2018
Music Lil Keed's "Snake" Skyrockets In Streams Following His Death Lil Keed's single "Snake" becomes his first song to surpass 100 million streams on Spotify. By Rex Provost May 18, 2022
Music Conductor Williams Confirms He's Got More Drake Collabs To Drop As for when we will hear these Drake and Conductor Williams collaborations, the producer has a more complicated story. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 04, 2025
Music Doechii Announces Joint Deal With TDE & Capitol, Drops Visual To "Persuasive" The Florida star is embarking on a new era. By Erika Marie March 31, 2022
Music Kanye West Inks Partnership Deal With Gamma To Release "Bully" Kanye West's latest "Bully" announcement comes after he published a lengthy apology statement in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music 6ix9ine GF's Assault Case Dismissed, Rapper Wouldn’t Cooperate With Police All charges against Jade have been dropped By Lamar Banks October 06, 2022
Music Nas, Wale, Virgil Abloh, Issa Rae, & More Announced As ComplexCon Panellists ComplexCon 2018 is going down next month. By Alex Zidel October 16, 2018
Music Future & Travis Scott Make History For Severely Different Reasons On The Billboard Hot 200 Chart While it is a tad cliche, Future is in fact "on a generational run" right now. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2024
Music R. Kelly Apologizes To Fans For Show Cancelled Over "Rumors" The allegations against R. Kelly has been affecting his shows. By Matthew Parizot April 30, 2018
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals How To Defeat Kendrick Lamar In A Rap Battle According to DJ Akademiks, the trick to defeating Kendrick Lamar in a rap battle is actually pretty simple. By Caroline Fisher February 05, 2026
Music M A E S T R O Follows up With "WAV GOD 2" Mixtape M A E S T R O checks in. By Milca P. September 08, 2019