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Original Content What's The Best Kanye West Era? Determining Kanye's best era of work. By Samuel Allan May 22, 2019
Pop Culture Queen Naija Speaks On Negativity: "I'm The Joke Of Twitter" The singer addressed the "Blame Queen Naija" trend and says she's now able to laugh at jokes that used to set her off. By Erika Marie April 12, 2022
Music Three 6 Mafia Hit With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: Report Three 6 Mafia is being sued over claims they ripped off a group of artists from Memphis. By Aron A. March 02, 2020
Music Barack Obama Adds Drake, Vince Staples, Doechii, And SZA To His Summer Playlist Every single year, Barack Obama delivers his very own Summer Playlist, and this year, we got a glimpse into what he's been listening to. By Alexander Cole July 30, 2026
Sneakers DJ Khaled Got His Pair Of The Jay-Z x Air Force 1 "Reasonable Doubt" DJ Khaled unboxed his exclusive Jay-Z x Nike Air Force 1 "Reasonable Doubt 30," complete with a personal note from Jay-Z. By Ben Atkinson July 11, 2026
Music Carl Crawford Shares His Side Of The Disastrous Megan Thee Stallion 1501 Fallout Carl Crawford, the founder and CEO of 1501 Entertainment, is revealing what went wrong between him and Megan Thee Stallion. By Zachary Horvath March 24, 2025
Music BG Explains How He "Toned Down" His New Album, "Freedom Of Speech," To Avoid Legal Trouble BG released his first studio album since getting out of prison in 2023, "Freedom of Speech," last Friday. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Kanye West Targets Jay-Z And Beyonce's Children In Horrifying Rant Kanye West has tried to burn bridges with every musician he has been close with, so Jay-Z and Bey were bound to come up. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music "Gett'em Black": Kodak Black Shares Video Dancing Around The White House Kodak Black went viral in 2022 dancing to his hit song, "No Flockin'," during his Rolling Loud set with DJ saying "F*ck'em Up, Get'em Black." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Declares New Album "Bully" Has That "Antisemitic Sound" Kanye West has teased this new album "Bully" for a while, both through his bigoted rants and through working with Playboi Carti and The Game. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2025
Viral PlaqueBoyMax Plays Beats For Lil Baby & Veeze On Stream, But They Were Not Impressed PlaqueBoyMax has much better music under his belt whether Lil Baby and Veeze liked these beats or not, so it's no sweat. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025
Music Best Rap Albums And Songs Of June 2025 When you think of the best rap albums of the entire year, June 2025 will certainly be an important piece of the puzzle. By HNHH Staff July 07, 2025