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Music 6ix9ine Appears To Fire More Shots At Chief Keef In New Song Preview 6ix9ine is trying to go 10 for 10 on the Billboard with his upcoming single, "STOOPID." By Aron A. September 06, 2018
Music Lil Pump Previews Self-Produced Single "ESSKEETIT" Lil Pump shows off his production skills in new video. By Aron A. February 06, 2018
Music DJ Quik Believes He "Deserves To Be Where [Dr. Dre] Is" The Rap icon stressed that he loves Dre and his Compton peer's successes, adding he's "like a big brother, one I never had." By Erika Marie December 06, 2022
Music Lonzo Ball Explains Reason He Covered Up "Big Baller Brand" Tattoo Lonzo Ball spilled the tea on last night's episode of "The Shop." By Devin Ch May 05, 2019
Music JT Allegedly Corrects Funny Tweet About Lil Uzi Vert To Include They/Them Pronouns The City Girls star cracked a joke about her "man," but later, she returned to make a slight change that fans believed was about Uzi's pronouns. By Erika Marie July 21, 2022
Music Swae Lee's "Guatemala" Was Conceived With 20 Girls Vibing In The Studio Swae Lee seems to have done it again with "Guatemala." By Mitch Findlay April 12, 2018
Pop Culture Lil Nas X Defended By Father Over Allegations That Singer Abandoned Mother The "MONTERO" artist has previously spoken about his mother's struggle with addiction, & now his father is praising his son for all his help. By Erika Marie April 16, 2021
Music Nicki Minaj & Travis Scott In Tight Race To No. 1 On Billboard 200 Billboard's projections put them neck and neck on next week's album chart. By Trevor Smith August 15, 2018
Music Noname Becomes 1st Woman Ever With Metacritic’s “Highest Rated Album Of The Year” Metacritic published their list for the Highest Scoring Albums of 2018, collected from hundreds of reviews - digital and print media. By Devin Ch December 23, 2018
Music Boosie Badazz Thinks White Battle Rapper Deserved Hit After Dropping N-Word The rapper said where he's from, people don't get hit, they get taken out. By Erika Marie January 25, 2020
Music Dave Blunts Accuses Kanye West Of Grooming Him Into Becoming A Nazi In Graphic Diss Track Dave Blunts previously defended Kanye West, but now he's officially cutting ties with Ye with this wild diss track. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2025
Pop Culture Kai Cenat Confirms Kanye West Stream Is Canceled After Twitter Rant The streamer pulled the plug. By Elias Andrews February 07, 2025