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Music Spotify Finally Recognizes U.K. Grime As It's Own Category U.K. Grime is officially a recognized genre on Spotify. By Aron A. January 03, 2018
Music GloRilla Puts Haters Of Her "No Lash Moment" Post On Blast GloRilla has had to clap back at a lot of critics of her looks and this time it was a post of her natural appearance that set them off. By Zachary Horvath January 23, 2026
Music Xzibit Hits Up Big Boy's Neighborhood, Talks "Empire," West Coast Rap & More Xzibit stops by Big Boy's Neighborhood for a lengthy chat. By Mitch Findlay May 11, 2018
Music Drake's Mansion Hosts Yeat & EsDeeKid For "Made It On Our Own" Music Video Considering Drake's collaborations with Yeat and his love for U.K. hip-hop, seeing EsDeeKid at The Embassy is no surprise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Music Tems Denies Drake Calling Her Over "Wait For U" Sample, Calls ATL Jacob's Story "A BIG LIE" According to Tems, she didn't even know Drake was on the song. By Caroline Fisher January 18, 2024
Music Pop Smoke's Acting Debut In "Boogie" Previewed In New Clip Check out a new scene from Eddie Huang's "Boogie" with Pop Smoke. By Aron A. March 03, 2021
Tech Juice WRLD Fans Go Off After Spotify Crash Caused By Facebook Juice WRLD fans believed that his posthumous album caused the Spotify crash but it was actually Facebook's fault. By Alex Zidel July 10, 2020
Music Fetty Wap Appears In Good Spirits In New Prison Photo Fans and loved ones of Fetty Wap continue to call for his release, as he's been behind bars for nearly three years. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music Diddy Launches New R&B Label "Love Records" & Partners With Motown Records Diddy is starting a new R&B record label. By Cole Blake May 10, 2022
Original Content Quick Or Classic: What's Best For An Album? Does hastened album creation result in classics? By Robert Blair June 19, 2019
Music Drake Fans Theorize Drew Walls Parody Is A Dig At Yasiin Bey The internet thinks Drake may have been referencing Mos Def with his latest Instagram post. By Cole Blake January 22, 2024
Music Cardi B Hypes Up "Secret" Announcement Cardi B can't wait to let her fans in on a big secret. By Joshua Robinson July 14, 2021