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TV Fat Joe Tries To Tell Rapper Son That Not All Hip Hop Kids Are Successful Artists Is it more difficult for children of hip hop artists to make it in the rap game? By Erika Marie September 03, 2019
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Winning $1 Billion “Power” Lawsuit From Former Drug Kingpin 50 Cent never had any doubts. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2024
Music Doja Cat Ignores Controversy, Performs "Say So" On BBC Radio 1 Despite recent calls to cancel her after videos surfaced of her engaging in racist behaviour with alt-right incels, Doja Cat still performed her #1 hit "Say So" on BBC Radio 1. By Lynn S. May 24, 2020
Music Beyonce & Jay Z Were Waiting To Meet 6lack After His Coachella Set Beyonce & Jay Z had their eye on 6lack. By Chantilly Post April 22, 2018
Pop Culture Raphael Saadiq Apologizes For Posting Picture With Marilyn Manson Raphael Saadiq distances himself from Marilyn Manson's sexual assault allegations, but he also takes a moment to address people who have been flooding his Instagram with negative and hurtful comments. By Joshua Robinson August 27, 2021
Music Rick Ross Responds To Drake: Listen To His Diss Track Rozay wasted absolutely no time in returning fire. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2024
Music R. Kelly's Girlfriends Claim Parents Encouraged Them To Film Underage "Sexual Videos" In a new interview with Gayle King, Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary say that their parents asked them to film "sexual videos" with R. Kelly. By Alex Zidel March 07, 2019
Music 6ix9ine Sued By Danish Rapper Claiming He's Blocked From Dropping Collab: Report Danish rapper Sleiman claims 10K Projects is preventing him from releasing his 6ix9ine collaboration. By Aron A. April 18, 2019
Music J. Cole Is Having Trouble Finding A Physical "K.O.D." Copy J. Cole's hunt for a physical copy of "K.O.D." proves more difficult than expected. By Mitch Findlay April 23, 2018
Original Content Who Is SMILEZ? Yellow-Wearing Artist On 6ix9ine Friendship, Name Change & More EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SMILEZ, formerly known as Jack Bruno, introduces himself to the world following his high-profile feature on Tekashi 6ix9ine's new album "TattleTales." By Alex Zidel September 11, 2020
Original Content 2017 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers Ranked From 6lack and Cozz, to Rapsody and Eminem, this is our ranking of the 2017 BET Hip-Hop Awards cyphers. By Karlton Jahmal October 11, 2017
Music Snoop Dogg Has A Laugh At Kirk Franklin's Explosive Temper Snoop Dogg took a moment to reimagine one of Kirk Franklin's gospel hits, having a laugh at the singer's explosive outburst. By Mitch Findlay March 16, 2021