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Music MixedByAli Cops Historic Death Row Recording Studio TDE engineer MixedByAli bridges the gap between two legendary west coast labels, having officially purchased the former studio of Death Row Records. By Mitch Findlay December 08, 2020
Music Ludacris' Epic Hospitality Rider Features Plenty Of Chicken, But No Beer Ludacris makes sure his people are eating and drinking to their heart's content. By Mitch Findlay March 12, 2018
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Lil Nax X's Most Troll-Worthy Moments The best of the best from pop-rap's master sh*tposter. By Nancy Jiang October 10, 2021
Music DJ Akadeniks Calls Jay-Z The Israel Of Hip-Hop DJ Akademiks went a rant about Jay-Z and his place in hip-hop culture, arguing he isn't the "standard" in the genre but fans still defend him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music 2pac Once Got In A Screaming Match With Suge Knight Over $700k According To Music Video Director It wasn't all good vibes between Pac and Suge according to a new interview. By Lavender Alexandria November 17, 2023
Music Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Writes NYC City Council In Support Of Fur Ban Safaree Samuels recently made the local news wearing a fur and vocalizing his pro-fur stance. By Erika Marie May 30, 2019
Sports Lil Wayne Set To Perform At 2019 X Games This Weekend Weezy officially joins the X Games family. By Devin Ch January 25, 2019
Tech Spotify Wrapped Has Officially Stopped Collecting Data For 2022 Music lover's favourite time of year is just one month away. By Hayley Hynes November 01, 2022
Music Pooh Shiesty & His Father Arrested After Tennessee Home Raid Pooh Shiesty's family home was raided by the FBI earlier this week, and now, both he and his father are facing charges. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Joey Bada$$ Pens Emotional Reflection On "1999" 7-Year Anniversary Joey Bada$$ looks back to where it all began. By Mitch Findlay June 12, 2019
Music Netflix, YouTube Cut Streaming Quality In Europe Over COVID-19 Crisis With the majority of the EU in quarantine, streaming activity inevitably went up. But Netflix and YouTube are taking measures so everyone can have access. By Aron A. March 22, 2020
Music DJ Akademiks Has No Sympathy For Rory Suffering Strokes DJ Akademiks and Rory Farrell have been feuding intensely for a long time, so Ak mocked Rory's recent revelation about suffering strokes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2026