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Music Roxanne Shante Cries As She Speaks About Abuse DMX Endured She stated that these were stories of the rapper's childhood that came from X, himself. By Erika Marie April 09, 2021
Original Content 15 Best Future Features We celebrate Future's 34th birthday by looking at the features he gifted to his colleagues. By Laroche Cineus November 20, 2017
Music 7 Biggest R&B Girl Groups Of The 1990s The great resurgence of girl groups in the 2020s are a testament to the influence of these 1990s icons. By Demi Phillips September 25, 2023
Music Rappers & Singers Who Have Been Accused Of Being In The Illuminati Once upon a time, if you weren’t linked to the Illuminati in one way or the other, you just weren’t one of the hottest artists around. By Demi Phillips April 15, 2024
Music Cardi B's Hardest Bars If you're not giving Cardi her props yet, these punchlines may convince you. By E Gadsby April 01, 2018
Music Chris Rivers Opens Up About Big Pun's Domestic Abuse In Powerful Cipher Chris Rivers reflects on the darker aspects of his childhood. By Mitch Findlay December 19, 2018
Music XXXTENTACION Speaks On Sleeping With Jocelyn Flores While Underage In Alleged Leaked Audio This alleged clip seems to show XXXTENTACION explaining his album "17" and the story behind his track titled after Flores. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2024
Pop Culture Kai Cenat Gets Heated After Being Called Out By Joe Budden, Adin Ross Backs Up His Fellow Streamer Cenat called Budden a one-hit wonder while Ross called the podcaster "mean". By Ben Mock February 08, 2024
Original Content Dave Blunts: The Rapper Who Has Become Hip-Hop's Most Desperate Edgelord Dave Blunts started his career as a meme in the underground. Now, he is a household name known for writing some of Kanye West's most offensive songs. By Alexander Cole October 24, 2025
Original Content DJ Jazzy Jeff Talks "Making Beats" Program, "Fresh Prince" Days, & Reminiscing With Will Smith Hip Hop icon DJ Jazzy Jeff is helping aspiring producers learn the game. He chatted with us about breaking Hip Hop's rules, admiring this generation of beatmakers, & being the same Jeff from Philly (who apparently makes great Kool-Aid!). By Erika Marie April 17, 2023
Music Ash Riser’s Mom & Manager Call Out "No Jumper" For Allegations That Doja Cat & Drugs "Derailed" His Career Ash Riser's mom and manager both called "BS" on the claims made by "No Jumper" podcast host Housephone, and admonished him for claiming he was friends with Ash Riser in the first place. By Lawrencia Grose March 01, 2022
Original Content Where Are They Now? 20 Icons Of The “Hip Hop Blog” Era A look back at 20 of the most memorable rappers from the peak hip-hop blog era, circa 2006-2011. By Maxwell Cavaseno June 12, 2019