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Music Former R. Kelly Employee Claims He Made Girlfriends "Who Twerked For Cake" Fight Ex-employee Suzette Mayweather testifies that R. Kelly once forced his girlfriends to fight each other after "twerking for cake" at his birthday party in 2016. By Joshua Robinson September 01, 2021
Music Pop Smoke's Mother Sympathizes With Families Of Her Son's Murderers Pop Smoke's mother Audrey Jackson hit the Breakfast Club today to discuss her son's legacy and her new anti-gun violence initiative. By Joshua Robinson February 19, 2021
Music Nicki Minaj & Rihanna Wear Same Shoes In Photos & Fans Freak Out After recently following one another on Instagram and Nicki revealing that she has a surprise on Friday, the fandoms have imploded with rumors. By Erika Marie May 12, 2021
Music Playboi Carti Blesses Fans With Huge "Whole Lotta Red" Revelation Playboi Carti's "Whole Lotta Red" might be arriving sooner rather than later. By Alexander Cole November 23, 2020
Music Juvenile Recieves Key To New Orleans Legendary rapper Juvenile recently received the key to New Orleans, an honor presented by Mayor Latoya Cantrell. By Mitch Findlay April 14, 2021
Music Joyner Lucas & Grafh Are Forming A Super Group Joyner Lucas recently tweeted-and-deleted the announcement of his new "super rap group," confirming that Grafh would be involved. By Mitch Findlay January 11, 2021
Music Lil Nas X Talks Reaching Out To Drake & Nicki Minaj, Cancel Culture & More Lil Nas X hits The Breakfast Club to discuss a variety of topics, including potential Drake collabs, cancel culture, and the parents who judge him. By Mitch Findlay September 16, 2021
Music Meek Mill Links Up With Tristan Thompson Amid Atlantic Records Fallout Meek has been having a busy week. By Marc Griffin February 02, 2022
Music Jadakiss Recalls Pop Smoke Showing Love To Him, Calls Death "Senseless" Jadakiss chatted with BET about the untimely death of rapper Pop Smoke, calling the murder both "senseless" and "horrible." By Erika Marie February 19, 2020
Sports Dwyane Wade Recorded A Verse For Rick Ross' Upcoming Track Dwyane Wade reveals that he recently hopped on a track with Rick Ross, and explains how Kobe Bryant inspired him to do so. By Kyle Rooney February 19, 2020
Music Young Thug Shares New Song Snippet Inspired By George Floyd With everything going on in the world, Thugger teases some new heat. By Aron A. June 07, 2020
Music Meek Mill, Run The Jewels, & More Highlight Our "Fire Emoji" Playlist Our "Fire Emoji" playlist this week includes some powerful new protest anthems from Meek Mill, YG, and more, plus a cut off the new Run The Jewels album. By Lynn S. June 06, 2020