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Music Q-Tip Details Frustrations About Trying To Get Megan Thee Stallion Signed Years Ago He shopped her around to labels and even flew her to New York for meetings, but he claims executives rejected him. By Erika Marie October 04, 2021
Music Aaliyah's Posthumous Album To Arrive "In A Matter Of Weeks": Report Drake, Future, Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, and Chris Brown are reportedly confirmed to make appearances on the record. By Erika Marie August 26, 2021
Music Drake Preps Fans For "Uneasy" Next Chapter With Ominous Message Drake decides to address the Big Three, the difficulty he's hadeover the last year, and his plans for the future. By Elias Andrews March 10, 2025
Music Cordae Asked YBN Nahmir For His Blessing Before Changing Name He says he didn't pay the backlash any mind as long as his friend gave his stamp of approval before dropping "YBN" from his name. By Erika Marie October 27, 2021
Music Flavor Flav Hopes Kendrick Lamar Opens With His Favorite Song In Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Flavor Flav request Kendrick Lamar perform this DAMN hit. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 08, 2025
Music Famous Dex Released From Prison Famous Dex is out of prison, mere days after being sentenced to a full year behind bars. By Taylor McCloud September 13, 2021
Music Boosie Badazz Plans To Break Cousin's Jaw Over Stolen Money "I'm steady getting drops on him, though," Boosie explained of his cousin who stole cash from him. By Aron A. March 20, 2023
Original Content Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" Is A Winter In The 6ix Reflecting on the impact of Drake's 2015 mixtape, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" on the fifth anniversary of its surprise release. By Aron A. February 13, 2020
Music Travis Scott Reveals He's Featured On A Future & Lil Uzi Vert Remix Travis Scott is teasing a new "Pluto x Baby Pluto" remix. By Alexander Cole November 28, 2020
Music Kodak Black Will Drop His Album From Prison On One Condition Kodak Black explained his condition for releasing his album before he gets out of prison: make his new single "Because of You" go platinum before his birthday. By Lynn S. February 16, 2020
Music Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Leaps To #1 On Billboard Hot 100 Lil Nas X earns his first number one, but will he be able to top it? By Aron A. April 08, 2019
Music Kanye West Sports New Yeezy Slides In Perfect Size: No More "Baby Pool Shoes" The rapper shows off his new gear. By Zaynab August 22, 2018