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Music JAY-Z Learned To Swim After Blue Ivy's Birth JAY-Z explains why Blue Ivy's birth in 2012 drove him to step up and learn to swim once and for all. By Mitch Findlay May 31, 2021
Music Hip-Hop Slumps To New Low On The Billboard Hot 100 For the first time since February of 1990, zero rap songs have landed in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Yung Joc Reveals His Three Nephews Died In Atlanta Apartment Fire Prayers for Yung Joc. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 23, 2025
Music Amazon Music & HNHH Present "Heavy Rotation" Check out A Boogie's Top 5 "Heavy Rotation" tracks. By Kyle Rooney June 27, 2019
Pop Culture Ciara Was Moved To Tears As Normani Praised Her For Influencing Career Normani told Ciara that she helped "shape the artist and woman that I felt like I could be." By Erika Marie December 30, 2021
Music Videos Gunna Is Set Aflame In Teaser For Young Thug's "Hot" Music Video Gunna is both literally and metaphorically on fire. By Noah C September 10, 2019
Music Kanye West Teases Upcoming "Free Lil Pump" & "I Love It" Merch Kanye West is on the "Free Lil Pump" train. By Aron A. September 17, 2018
Original Content New Music Friday: Hottest New Songs & Albums From Gunna, The Weeknd, & More Listen to all of the hottest new hip-hop and R&B music that dropped this week, including Gunna, The Weeknd, and more. By Alex Zidel January 07, 2022
Music Drake Will Executive Produce K-OS' Next Album Before Drake was the face of Toronto hip-hop, K-OS was one of his inspirations and early collaborators as a Canadian legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2026
Music Jim Jones Argues He's Bigger Than Nas Some people thought that Jim Jones called himself a better and more successful rapper than Nas, but the reality is far more nuanced. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Jay-Z Demands The Court Sanction Tony Buzbee For "False" Rape Lawsuit Hov is poking all sorts of holes into the lawsuit in this filing. By Zachary Horvath January 08, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" Tops Spotify's List Of Greatest Rap Songs Of The Past 10 Years The critical darling continues to rack up accolades nearly a decade later. By Lavender Alexandria May 20, 2024