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Music How Hip-Hop Culture "Revived" Itself & Declared War On Its Leaders In 2024 Last year, some fans declared that hip-hop is dead. While its "revival" in 2024 was massive, it came with difficult questions. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 18, 2024
Music Will The Real Sexyy Red Please Stand Up, Rapper Lookalike Goes Viral Sexyy Red burst onto the scene in 2022 with her breakout single "Pound Town." She began making music in 2019. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 12, 2025
Music Travis Scott's "4X4" Suffers The Steepest Drop-Off From Number One In Billboard History This is not the first time Scott has been on the wrong side of chart history. By Zachary Horvath February 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sees Astronomical Uptick In Streams For "Not Like Us" After His Super Bowl Halftime Show The rest of his catalog also received a nice bump. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Music UMG Reposts Kendrick Lamar Tour Dates Amidst Drake Legal Battle The label is supporting their artist. By Elias Andrews December 04, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Claims That Drake Has A Mega Deal With Stake And Reveals How Lucrative It Is At least he's bringing in a lot of cheddar? By Zachary Horvath December 02, 2024
Music Suge Knight Drags Daz Dillinger Through The Mud While Still Conceding Some Sympathy To Him Daz Dillinger was the latest victim of Suge Knight and his ranting, which has also recently targeted Tyrin Turner, Snoop Dogg, and Diddy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Drops Two Fan Favorite Bonus Tracks On "MUSIC" V2 Playboi Carti is still on his "MUSIC" victory lap between shows and social media hype, and now he has given fans extra songs. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Wears Black KKK Outfit During Wild DJ Akademiks Interview During his interview with DJ Akademiks, Kanye West discussed Diddy, Kendrick Lamar and Drake's feud, Playboi Carti, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025
Viral DDG's Sister Refuses To Apologize To Halle Bailey And Her Fans For Defending The Rapper TeeTee's boyfriend Aries asked folks to stop sending her hate for defending her brother DDG against his ex Halle Bailey's abuse allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Has A Message For Fans Flaming Him Over VladTV Controversy DJ Vlad and Boosie Badazz recently traded blows after the VladTV host refused to give Boosie a pay raise for their interviews. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2026
Music Z-Ro Dodges Criminal Charges In Just Brittany Assault Case Z-Ro has been exonerated from all charges. By Aron A. October 11, 2017