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Pop Culture Apple Music Says Artists & Labels Make A Penny Per Stream On Average The streaming platform is an industry leader in streaming-service payouts. By Madusa S. April 20, 2021
Music Diddy Praises His Protégé French Montana Diddy is shouting out his protégé French Montana's new cover story interview, praising him for his journey from the bottom. By Madusa S. December 29, 2020
Music DaBaby & The Game Connect In The Studio The pair previewed the upcoming collab on Instagram. By Madusa S. June 26, 2021
Music Lil Wayne Explains Why There Won't Be Another Drake Or Nicki Minaj Lil Wayne explains why there will never be another Drake or Nicki Minaj, analyzing why the current landscape has made it impossible. By Mitch Findlay December 18, 2020
Music Justin Timberlake & Timbaland Have Reunited Following a sly "Futuresex/Lovesounds 2" tease back in August, Justin Timberlake has once again reunited with Timbaland in the studio. By Mitch Findlay September 29, 2020
Pop Culture Joni Mitchell Exits Spotify Over Joe Rogan Vaccine Comments, Stands With Neil Young SiriusXM also reportedly announced it will be bringing back Neil Young Radio in solidarity. By Erika Marie January 29, 2022
Numbers Lil Baby Goes Triple Platinum On Anniversary On the same day it celebrates its first anniversary, Lil Baby's "My Turn" album secures its third platinum plaque. By Mitch Findlay March 01, 2021
Tech Rolling Loud Partners With Twitch For Virtual Music Festival Rolling Loud and Twitch have announced their first virtual festival Loud Stream, happening on September 12 and 13. By Alex Zidel August 31, 2020
Music Joe Budden Turns 40 With Joe Budden celebrating his fortieth birthday today, DJ Premier took a moment to show the retired emcee some love. By Mitch Findlay August 31, 2020
Music Nipsey Hussle Revealed His Album Plan Post-Victory Lap To Dead Prez Stic of Dead Prez reveals that Nipsey Hussle wanted to remake their "Let's Get Free" album for his third and final project. By Mitch Findlay February 17, 2021
Music Flesh-N-Bone Laments Over Industry "Yes Men" Who Feed Artists "Poisons" The Bone Thugs-n-Harmony icon is reportedly working on a memoir & he recently spoke about people who negatively influence artists on the rise. By Erika Marie June 02, 2021
Viral Smokey Robinson Goes Viral For Mispronouncing Hanukkah Music legend Smokey Robinson had the entire Internet full of jokes today after he hilariously mispronounced "Hanukkah" while sending a holiday greeting to a fan on Cameo. By Keenan Higgins December 14, 2020