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Music Twitch Shamelessly Replaces Audio Of Metallica's BlizzCon Show To Avoid DMCA Twitch replaced the audio from Metallica's performance during BlizzCon 2021 with non-copyrighted music in order to avoid a DMCA strike. By Cole Blake February 20, 2021
Music J. Cole Fans Don't Know How To React To His "The Fall Off" News J. Cole alluded to his retirement after the release of "The Fall Off" in a new Instagram post. By Alex Zidel December 30, 2020
Music Casanova Is Fed Up With The Fake Love Casanova realizes that some of his closest allies were only around him for their own benefit, and he promises that he won't forget their recent lack of support. By Joshua Robinson May 17, 2021
Music Ice Cube Doubles Down On His Lawsuit Against Robinhood App He's claiming the app's motion to dismiss the lawsuit is merely them seeking revenge. By Madusa S. May 16, 2021
Music Megan Thee Stallion, Playboi Carti & Pooh Shiesty Set For BUKU: Planet B Machine Gun Kelly, EarthGang, Flo Milli, and more have also been scheduled to perform at Buku Music + Art Project's Buku: Planet B. By Aron A. June 08, 2021
Music Snoop Dogg Stopped Rapping About Death Following Tupac & Biggie Tragedies The rap legend spoke about rappers penning lyrics about death or gang-banging that end up manifesting into reality—like his murder case. By Erika Marie January 25, 2021
Music Kevin Hart Gives Jay-Z His Flowers Following the news that Jay-Z scored a partnership deal with Moët Hennessy, Kevin Hart took to IG to give the legend his flowers. By Mitch Findlay February 22, 2021
Original Content Rise & Grind: Erica Banks Talks Choosing Warner Records & Turning Down DaBaby's Billion Dollar Baby Label Erica Banks reveals why she initially didn't like her hit song "Buss It," how she got Travis Scott on the remix, whether she would consider working with Megan Thee Stallion, and more. By Alex Zidel April 19, 2021
Music Jim Carrey Says He's Heard The Weeknd's "Dawn FM" & It's "Deep & Elegant" Jim Carrey says he's heard The Weeknd's new album, "Dawn FM." By Cole Blake January 03, 2022
Pop Culture Drake’s 2022 Grammy Nominations Have Been Withdrawn Champagne Papi was nominated for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance. By Hayley Hynes December 06, 2021
Music Ari Lennox Shuts Down Person Who Tried To Pit Her Against Chlöe A Twitter user cited colorism while talking about the two singers' latest singles, but Ari called the post "negative and counterproductive." By Erika Marie September 13, 2021
Music Tems Performs “Damages,” “Free Mind,” & More During Her Tiny Desk Concert The Nigerian vocalist and her band performed their setlist in a beautiful ballroom. By Hayley Hynes November 05, 2021