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Music Grammy Awards Change Rap & "Urban" Categories Several changes have been made within the Recording Academy, including the renaming of two award categories. By Alex Zidel June 10, 2020
Music IDK Reveals Stacked Collaborators On "IDK & Friends 2" "IDK & Friends 2" promises to be a stacked affair, with guest appearances from Wale, Denzel Curry, Maxo Kream, and more. By Mitch Findlay June 23, 2020
Music Thundercat Weighs In On Goldlink's Inflammatory Mac Miller Post Thundercat comes to the defense of his close friend. By Noah C November 27, 2019
Music Coachella Documentary Released Featuring Beyoncé, Drake, Kanye West & More A documentary titled "Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert" was released on the same day that the festival was supposed to take place this year. By Lynn S. April 10, 2020
Music DaBaby Doesn't Care What "Bitter B*tches" On The Internet Think Of His Live Shows He claims his recent controversy at Rolling Loud Miami was because "the internet done twisted up my mothaf*ckin' words." By Erika Marie July 26, 2021
Reviews Mick Jenkins "Elephant In The Room" Review Mick Jenkins tells the truth on his third studio album, "Elephant In The Room." By Joshua Robinson November 06, 2021
Music Lil Baby & P Appear To Taunt Offset Following Quality Control Lawsuit P appears to send a sub at Offset, with the help of Lil Baby, after the Migos rapper filed a lawsuit against QC over his artist rights. By Aron A. August 25, 2022
Pop Culture YG Disses Def Jam For Leaking His Tracklist The Compton rapper said his tracklist is not supposed to be out yet, but it's still gotten fans excited. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 22, 2022
Music Run-DMC Icon Wants Rappers To Address Addiction & Mental Health In Music "Imagine if Q-Tip, Big Daddy Kane and Rakim OD’d. Every artist from Ice Cube to De La Soul would’ve made records addressing the issue," said DMC. By Erika Marie May 31, 2022
Music Lloyd Banks Recalls Scrapping Trap Mixtape After Trinidad James' Comments On NY Lloyd Banks says that he was once working on a trap mixtape with DJ Drama, but scrapped it after hearing Trinidad James' comments on New York Hop Hop. By Cole Blake July 20, 2022
Music Action Bronson's "Cocodrillo Turbo" Receives Huge Love From Questlove "Was NOT expecting to be THIS mind blown over this new Bronson jawn," Quest wrote on Twitter after hearing the LP. By Hayley Hynes April 30, 2022
Music Cordae's "From A Bird's Eye View" Debuts With 20K Sales Cordae's first week numbers are a little underwhelming. By Thomas Galindo January 23, 2022