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Music Amine Will Wear The Same Pair of Pants For His Entire Tour, Here's Why For a good cause. By Milca P. October 08, 2017
Music Mysterious Metro Boomin Billboards Surface: "Have You Seen This Man?" Is a Metro Boomin return imminent? By Mitch Findlay October 26, 2018
Music Brother Of Dismembered Teen Found In D4vd’s Car Alleges They Connected When She Was 11 15-year-old Celeste Rivas went missing in Lake Elsinore last year, and her body was found in the trunk of D4vd's Tesla earlier this month. By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2025
Music Ja Rule & Ashanti Deliver First Taste Of Upcoming Collab Album Ja Rule and Ashanti take it back to simpler times on "Encore." By Mitch Findlay August 13, 2018
Music Yung Miami Accused Of Shading Diddy’s Alleged Victims Amid Federal Trial Diddy was arrested last year and hit with charges related to alleged sex trafficking and racketeering, and his trial began in May. By Caroline Fisher June 08, 2025
Music Ebro Addresses Kodak Black Backlash: "I Did Not Want It To Go That Way" Ebro, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez speak about Kodak Black's walk-out. By Alex Zidel December 13, 2018
Original Content 6ix9ine, From Profit To Pariah: Has Cancel Culture Finally Come For Him? As "cancel culture" becomes entrenched into our social media-fuelled world, we take a look at how it interacts with hip-hop, and specifically, 6ix9ine. By Robert Blair April 30, 2021
Music Lupe Fiasco Inspired To Vote After Trump's "Sh*thole Countries" Comments Expect Lupe Fiasco at your local voting booth this fall. By Aron A. January 12, 2018
Music Kendrick Lamar "GNX" First Week Sales Look More Promising Than Ever Final projections took things up a notch. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2024
Sports J. Cole & A$AP Ferg Chop It Up Courtside At Mavericks-Knicks Game Cole, The Hood Pope, and Dennis Smith Jr align for a meeting of the minds. By Mitch Findlay January 31, 2019
Music Young Thug Calls Kid Cudi A "Rat" In Lightning Fast Tweet-And-Delete Young Thug does not seem to be the biggest fan of Kid Cudi these days following the artist's testimony at the Diddy Trial. By Alexander Cole May 23, 2025
Pop Culture Machine Gun Kelly Plots His Return To The Rap Game MGK cited Young Thug as one of his inspirations when he's in the studio. By Hayley Hynes April 26, 2022