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Music Beyoncé Calls Young Girl Who Went Viral For Crying While Watching "Black Is King" Beyoncé gave a young fan the surprise of a lifetime with a phone call to the brown skin girl that went viral for a video of her crying while watching the beauty of "BLACK IS KING." By Keenan Higgins August 11, 2020
Music Kendrick Lamar Turns 33 Following the back to back birthdays of Ice Cube and 2Pac Shakur, fellow west-coast legend Kendrick Lamar turns thirty-three. By Mitch Findlay June 17, 2020
Reviews Future "High Off Life" Review Future basks in the sunlight of his true self on "High Off Life." By Rose Lilah May 21, 2020
Music The Weeknd Talks "Off-And-On Relationship" With Drugs & New Album Persona The Weeknd discusses "After Hours" album in new cover story for CR Men. By Noah C February 22, 2020
Music Kurtis Blow Opens Up About Near-Death Experience Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow takes to Instagram to reflect on a recent health scare that may very well have had fatal consequences. By Mitch Findlay March 18, 2020
Music Griselda Brings Buffalo To "The Tonight Show" With "Dr. Birds" Performance Griselda is truly on the way up, performing on "The Tonight Show" with Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher. By Erika Marie January 24, 2020
Music Lupe Fiasco Names Four Best Active "High Tier" Rappers Lupe Fiasco reveals his starting lineup. By Mitch Findlay January 23, 2020
Music The Neptunes Reconnect For Deadmau5 Collaboration The Neptunes and Deadmau5 are about to link up for a new single called "Pomegranate." By Mitch Findlay May 19, 2020
Numbers Justin Bieber Defends Ariana Grande Amid 6ix9ine Billboard Drama Justin Bieber breaks down the analytics of the Billboard charts for Tekashi 6ix9ine. By Aron A. May 18, 2020
Music Snoop Dogg Eases Stress With "Frozen" Song, Idina Menzel Responds Snoop Dogg is just trying to chill. By Madusa S. May 19, 2020
Music FKA Twigs Opens Up About Prince Tribute At The GRAMMYs: "Of Course I Wanted To Sing" While she killed it as a dancer alongside Usher, many felt like Twigs' vocal talents were demoted during the Prince tribute at the 2020 GRAMMYs. By Keenan Higgins January 27, 2020
Numbers Killer Mike Celebrates Run The Jewels' New Gold Plaque Killer Mike flaunts Run The Jewels' first gold plaque, "Legend Has It" off their third album "RTJ3." By Mitch Findlay July 21, 2020