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Numbers Mariah Carey Confused About Being First Artist With No. 1's Across Four Decades An eternal queen. By Noah C December 31, 2019
Music Jorja Smith, Chloe x Halle & More Are Sounding Angelic On Our "R&B Season" Playlist Our "R&B Season" playlist this week features cuts off Chloe x Halle's new album, a stunning St. Germain cover by Jorja Smith, and more. By Lynn S. June 14, 2020
Music Megan Thee Stallion Celebrates Her Favorite Rapper Of All Time Megan Thee Stallion declares her undying loyalty. By Mitch Findlay December 31, 2019
Music Travis Scott Sets New All-Time Record On Fortnite Travis Scott's virtual "Astronomical" performance broke Fortnite's all-time record for most live viewers at a time, raking in 12.3 million. By Lynn S. April 24, 2020
Music Action Bronson Squares Off With The Sauce On "Hot Ones" Beloved renaissance man and lyricist extraordinaire Action Bronson sits down for another go at the Hot Ones gauntlet. By Mitch Findlay August 13, 2020
Music Is There A Juice WRLD & J. Cole Song Coming Soon? Juice WRLD and J. Cole appeared in the studio together in the new music video for the late artist's posthumous single, "Righteous," leading us to believe there's a collab in the works. By Lynn S. April 24, 2020
Random Cardi B Spent $100K On COVID-19 Testing For "WAP" Video With Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B spent over $100,000 on COVID-19 testing for the cast and crew of her raunchy "WAP" video with Megan Thee Stallion. By Alex Zidel August 13, 2020
Music Beyoncé's "Homecoming" Wins Grammy For Best Music Film Bey cashes in on one of her four nominations of the night. By Noah C January 26, 2020
Pop Culture Boosie Badazz Roasted On Twitter Over Instagram Ban Reacting to Boosie's passionate plea to Mark Zuckerberg, fans did not hold back. By Noah John August 13, 2020
Original Content What Happened To Rakim's Aftermath Album With Dr. Dre? In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced. By Robert Blair March 24, 2020
Music Travis Scott "Fortnite" Skin & Emote Rumors Heat Up All signs point to Travis Scott joining the Fortnite family in a major way with a rumored skin and possible "Sicko Mode" emote. By Mitch Findlay February 24, 2020
Music SZA Rides The Momentum With A Promising New Snippet Following the release of her brand new single "Hit Different," SZA took to Instagram to share another new snippet from her upcoming album. By Mitch Findlay September 04, 2020