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Music Beyonce's Version Of "BLACKBIIRD" Praised By Paul McCartney McCartney wrote and performed the original version of the song. By Lavender Alexandria April 05, 2024
Music SZA Says She Prefers Writing About "Embarrassing” Experiences: "I Get Bored" SZA says she gets "bored as f*ck" making music that isn't vulnerable. By Cole Blake December 11, 2023
Music Lupe Fiasco Shares A Snippet Of New Music With Fans On Twitter Lupe took to Twitter to show fans some of what he's been working on. By Lavender Alexandria June 08, 2023
Music Steve Harwell Of Smash Mouth Passes Away At 56 RIP Steve Harwell. By Alexander Cole September 04, 2023
Music Kanye West Defaults In "Donda" Sample Lawsuit From Boogie Down Productions After failing to respond to the lawsuit, Ye now faces unspecified repercussions for failing to clear a sample on his track "Life of the Party." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 09, 2023
Music Rich The Kid Takes Plea Deal In Miami Bomb Threat Case Rich The Kid will be avoiding jail time. By Cole Blake May 21, 2024
Pop Culture Cardi B's Microphone From Infamous Incident Hits Auction Block Cardi B's mic is on the auction block. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2023
Music Rudolph Isley Of The Isley Brothers Passes Away At 84: Report The founding member of one of music's most iconic trios passed due to as-of-yet unknown reasons. Rest In Peace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2023
Music 2 Chainz Explains How He Ended Up On 2011 BET Cypher 2 Chainz reflects on how he stayed ready for the 2011 BET Awards Cypher. By Lavender Alexandria July 05, 2023
Music DaBaby Takes On Director Role For Lil Duval's New Music Video The rapper has decided to take on a new role: director. By Alexis Oatman August 17, 2023
Music Slowthai Found Not Guilty In Rape Case Slowthai broke down into tears in the courtroom. By Cole Blake December 16, 2024
Music Taylor Swift Shouts Out Beyonce For Invitation To "RENAISSANCE" Premiere It wasn't too long ago that Queen Bey was at the folk-country-pop superstar's premiere for her own concert film. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 01, 2023