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Music Chris Brown Clears Up If Bow Wow Was Supposed To Be On "Run It" Instead Of Juelz Santana Bow previously claimed "Run It" was his feature first, but Chris laughed as he addressed the rumor, stating, "Shad be cap sometimes." By Erika Marie June 20, 2022
Sports Nipsey Hussle Says He Wasn't About To Jump In Lakers/Rockets Brawl Despite what it looked like, Nipsey Hussle says he wasn't about to jump in the Lakers-Rockets brawl. By Aron A. October 23, 2018
Music Kendrick Lamar Producer Steve Lacy Produced Grammy-Nominated Songs On His iPhone Steve Lacy gives the TedxTeen audience some insight into his creative process. By Matt F December 28, 2017
Music Watch All The Performances From VH1's "Hip Hop Honors" Event Check out performances from Missy Elliott, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Fabolous, Mariah Carey, The Lox, Teyana Taylor, Ty Dolla Sign & many more! By Kevin Goddard September 18, 2017
Music Frank Ocean Rises To Playboi Carti's Challenge By Dropping New Snippet Frank Ocean has not been heard from for years, but the R&B icon decided to make good on a social media exchange from 2023. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Claps Back At Joe Budden For Claiming He's "Not Hip Hop" Lil Yachty went for Joe Budden after the OG expressed outrage over his "Teenage Emotions" album cover. By hnhh April 25, 2017
Streetwear H&M Debuts Young Thug's "Beautiful Thugger Girls" Merchandise H&M comin' through with the Young Thug looks. By Chantilly Post December 27, 2017
Music Chris Brown Shares New Painting, Sets His Sights On Art Exhibit Chris Brown is truly a man of many talents. By Alex Zidel March 21, 2018
Music Cuban Doll Issues Statement On Tadoe's Domestic Violence Cuban Doll speaks out on the violence she has experienced at the hands of Tadoe. By Alex Zidel May 08, 2018
Music Pop Smoke Was Shot & Then Kicked As He Lay On The Ground: Report Details of Pop Smoke's final moments were shared during a preliminary hearing for one of the suspects charged with his murder. By Erika Marie May 07, 2021
Original Content Hip-Hop's Obsession With The "Classic" Album Why the hip-hop community worships Nas' "Illmatic" and how the album's classic status has shaped the direction of the genre By Luke Hinz October 01, 2018
Music Lil Nas X Issues Expert "Response" To Boosie & T.I. Lil Nas X baits Boosie and T.I. into giving him some extra streams. By Alex Zidel July 29, 2021