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Pop Culture Selena Gomez Mocked By Fans For Crying Over Deportation Raids The entertainer was deeply hurt. By Elias Andrews January 27, 2025
Music The Roots Celebrate "Do You Want More?!" Album's 30th Anniversary With NYC Residency The Roots celebrate their second turning 30. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 19, 2025
Music Gunna's "fukumean" Surpasses A Billion Spotify Streams Amid Young Thug & Lil Baby Drama This is the College Park MC's first solo song to achieve this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2025
Music 4batz & Rapsody Take A Big Leap On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update: Stream Coco Jones, Rapsody, Erykah Badu, J. Valentine, and Chris Brown also dropped some R&B jams this week. Which one was your favorite? By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2024
Music Eddie Cheba, Pioneering Hip-Hop Legend, Passes Away Eddie Cheba famously inspired Russell Simmons to pursue a career in hip-hop. By Cole Blake February 13, 2024
Music Remy Ma Says Female Rap Unity Started With Her, But Fans Aren't Buying It Many wondered where this female rap unity was when she was embroiled in a pretty heavy beef with Nicki Minaj. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 18, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Loses Twitter Verification, Cardi B Doesn't Nicki didn't let that phase her, though, as she responded cheekily on Twitter to the new development. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2023
Music Ralo Announces Prison Release In Two Weeks, Shares Emotional Message With Fans The rapper is getting his freedom soon, and he reflected on his strong bond with his late hip-hop partner Marlo. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 23, 2023
Music Wiz Khalifa Selfie Backfires After Fans Roast His Outfit The shoes he was wearing became a hot target for fans to crack jokes about. By Lavender Alexandria December 20, 2023
Music Kanye West & Tory Lanez Prayed Together Over The Phone, Ye Claims In Rant The Yeezy mogul was complaining about everyone making an uproar about his antisemitism, but not seeing his religious values. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 16, 2023
Music Yung Miami Deserved BET Hip Hop Media Award, She Defends Against Haters "Caresha Please" won the accolade for "Best Hip-Hop Platform," and many within and outside of the genre doubted its merit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2023
Music Snoop Dogg’s Viral "Give Up Smoke" Ad Leads To CEO Firing Snoop Dogg’s "Give Up Smoke" campaign didn't cause any "substantial revenue increase" for Solo Stove. By Cole Blake January 16, 2024