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Music Jan Adams Gives Insight On Kanye West's Mother's Death In Open Letter Jan Adams speaks after Kanye planned to use his image as his upcoming album cover. By Alex Zidel April 30, 2018
Music Spotify Glitch Sparks Confusion As Monthly Listeners Disappear From Artist Profiles Recently, some Spotify users began to notice that their favorite artists' number of monthly listeners was no longer listed on their profiles. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Original Content Take Care: Songs For Your Mental Health May is Mental Health Awareness month, and this week specifically is Mental Health Week. If you need some inspiration to help keep your mental health in check, here are a few mood-boosting records from some of our favorite artists in hip-hop and r'n'b. By Aida C. May 09, 2018
Music Lil Uzi Vert Is In His Feelings On His IG Story Again Who's hurting Uzi?? By Noah C October 28, 2019
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj's "FEFE" Single Is Certified Gold Their joint single is certified two weeks after its release. By Zaynab August 06, 2018
Original Content Vote: Who Is The Greatest Producer Of All Time? The competition is fierce, but we want to know which producer deserves GOAT status. By Mitch Findlay February 08, 2018
Relationships Chlöe Bailey Details Her Relationship With Gunna After His Prison Release Chlöe Bailey giggles when asked about her "dear friend" Gunna. By Aron A. March 29, 2023
Music Joyner Lucas & Logic Unite On "ISIS": Who Had The Best Verse? Who killed "ISIS" harder? By Mitch Findlay May 23, 2019
Music Dame Dash Pulls Up On Lee Daniels Over Alleged Millions He's Owed: Report The two had a heated discussion a Diana Ross show. By Aron A. June 26, 2018
Original Content A Conversation With Ghostface Killah: 15 Years Of "Fishscale" On the fifteenth anniversary of "Fishscale," Ghostface Killah reflects on his creative process, the art of storytelling, connecting with MF DOOM, and the death of the album as we know it. By Mitch Findlay March 28, 2021
Music Drake's "So Far Gone" Projected To Debut In Top 10 On Billboard 200 Drake's 2009 breakout mixtape is heading to the Billboard charts for the first time. By Aron A. February 21, 2019
Music 50 Cent Seems To Clap Back At Fabolous, Jim Jones, Maino & Dave East While 50 Cent maybe didn't intend to shade the "Let's Rap About It" podcast hosts with his new post, he certainly sought to scare his haters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025