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Music Joe Budden Reacts To Being Pulled Into Freddie Gibbs' Fight Conversation Joe Budden chimes in on Freddie Gibbs' brawl in Buffalo on "The Joe Budden Podcast." By Aron A. May 26, 2022
Music T-Pain Credits David Banner & Killer Mike As Inspirations To Make Better Business Moves He's hit a few snags in his career when it came to his money, and he applauds his peers for doing "this on their own and" succeeding. By Erika Marie July 19, 2022
Music Lil Kim Pens Sweet Message To PNB Rock: "I Was Truly A Fan" Queen Bee posted a photo of the slain rapper rocking a shirt with her iconic 1996 "Hard Core" album cover on the front. By hnhh September 15, 2022
Music Kid Cudi Says It Would Take A "Miracle" For Him & Kanye West To Be Friends Again Kid Cudi doesn't expect to ever be friends with Kanye West again. By Cole Blake August 17, 2022
Music Noreaga Questions Why Rap Artists "Respect" Letterman, Oprah, & Zane Lowe Over "The Culture" The "Drink Champs" host says "even going to Oprah and [Gale] is trash at this point!" as he also mentions Ellen DeGeneres. He received mixed reactions. By Erika Marie May 25, 2022
Pop Culture Ice Cube Rejected "Menace II Society" Offer Because He Didn't Want To Be Typecast Cube explains that after doing "Boyz N the Hood," he didn't always want to be seen as "the L.A. gangbanger." By Erika Marie July 18, 2022
Music Chief Keef Trends As Fans Debate Over The Most Influential Rapper When asked who the most influential rapper of the 2010s was, countless fans came to bat for Chief Keef. By Cole Blake May 25, 2022
TV Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Go After Social Network Site Triller In $28M "Verzuz" Lawsuit The hit rap battle show's creators agreed to sell "Verzuz" to Triller in January of 2021, but the platform defaulted on the deal after just two payments. By Hayley Hynes August 16, 2022
Music Black Thought Addresses People Referring To Him As An "Underrated" Artist He also spoke about opting for collaborations with artists who don't sound or have a similar vibe as his band, The Roots. By Erika Marie August 16, 2022
Music YNW Melly Files To Lift Visitation Restrictions Following Alleged Discovery Of Contraband YNW Melly wants his visitation restrictions removed after the alleged discovery of contraband in his prison dorm. By Cole Blake September 14, 2022
Music The Game Called Out By Battle Rapper For "Desperately Begging For Eminem's Attention" Pat Stay doesn't appreciate Game saying Em's only famous for being white and challenged him to a battle. "I'm that white boy you need to see first." By Erika Marie August 16, 2022
Music Brent Faiyaz Responds To Joe Budden Saying He's Not Truly Independent “It's wild to think n*ggas got to the level, to the point mothaf*ckers think n*ggas fake the funk," said Faiyaz. By Erika Marie August 16, 2022