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Original Content Who Is London Hill, Nicki Minaj's New Artist? Get to know the Bronx rapper who is next in line. By Laura Fuentes April 26, 2023
Music Latto Trends After 130 Songs Leak 130 of Latto's unreleased songs were leaked online and featured reference tracks for songs by Coi Leray, BIA and more. By Lamar Banks November 22, 2022
Music Foolio Recalls Assassination Attempt, Says Yungeen Ace's "Who I Smoke" "Went Crazy" Foolio recalls his assassination attempt last year and his back-and-forth with Yungeen Ace on DJ Akademiks' podcast. By Alex Zidel January 26, 2022
Music Havoc Reveals One Of His Favorite Prodigy Verses Of All Time Havoc reflects on one of his favorite Prodigy verses of all time, a scene-stealing contribution to a competitive hip-hop posse cut. By Mitch Findlay February 11, 2021
Music Too $hort Reveals Anti-Snitch Origin Of Jay-Z's "A Week Ago" Too $hort reflects on why he and Jay-Z were driven to make the anti-snitch track "A Week Ago" in 1998. By Mitch Findlay February 25, 2021
Music Playboi Carti Allegedly Tried To Have "VladTV" Rubi Rose Interview Removed Vlad claims that Carti's team sent a cease and desist letter after he interviewed the rapper's ex-girlfriend, rapper Rubi Rose. By Erika Marie January 27, 2021
Music Raekwon Details Complicated Relationship With RZA & Avoiding Wu-Tang Drama He spoke about letting the little things go when it came to tension but admitted that those small issues could make for big problems in the future. By Erika Marie December 20, 2021
Music J. Cole Admits He's Capping On "100 Mil" The rapper wasn't clear about which part of the song isn't true, but he said that he greatly exaggerated in his lyrics. By Alex Zidel November 04, 2021
Music Akon Reflects On Eminem's Vigilant 9 To 5 Studio Work Ethic Eminem's studio work ethic is unparalleled. By Mitch Findlay September 11, 2019
Original Content We Want The Funk: From P-Funk To G-Funk & Beyond, A Brief History With the recent release of YouTube’s documentary "G Funk," it’s as good of a time as ever to trace the history of the West Coast sound that ruled the world throughout the 90s and set the stage for hip hop as we know it today. By Gus Fisher July 25, 2018
Music Lil Yachty Reacts To Eminem Taking A "Shot" At Him On "Kamikaze" He's extremely cool with it. By Trevor Smith August 31, 2018
Music Layzie Bone Confirmed To Be The Father In Paternity Case: Report The results of the DNA have come in. By Aron A. May 07, 2019