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Music Shelley FKA DRAM Pushes Back Album In Honor Of His Mother's Passing Shelley reveals that his mother passed away last year, and to honor her, he has pushed the release of his forthcoming album "Shelley FKA DRAM" back from April 16 to her birthday on April 29. By Joshua Robinson April 07, 2021
Music Pop Smoke's Manager Confirms New Album On The Way Pop Smoke's manager Rico Beats confirms that another posthumous Pop Smoke album is on the way. By Mitch Findlay May 03, 2021
Music Nas & Hit-Boy Get Busy In "EPMD" Song Snippet Nas and Hit-Boy are back in business like "EPMD," teasing their brand new single off the "Judas And The Black Messiah" soundtrack. By Mitch Findlay February 10, 2021
Music Lil Yachty Gifts Kodak Black $50K In Hundred Dollar Bills Yachty wanted to give Kodak a little "welcome home" gift. By Erika Marie February 09, 2021
Music Young Thug Officially Announces Juice WRLD Collab "Bad Boy" The rapper shared the cover art of the new single with Juice WRLD arriving this Friday. By Madusa S. January 13, 2021
Music Clever Adds Chris Brown To Star-Studded Album Lineup Clever confirms Chris Brown for his debut studio album, titled "Crazy". By Alex Zidel October 23, 2020
Music Jim Jones Reflects On Benny The Butcher's Shooting Following the shooting of Benny The Butcher, Jim Jones takes a moment to revisit his assessment that being a rapper is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. By Mitch Findlay November 16, 2020
Music Kendrick Lamar's pgLang Collaborates With Calvin Klein Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free's pGLang team up with Calvin Klein for a new campaign that features Brent Faiyaz and Baby Keem. By Aron A. January 13, 2021
Music Lil Wayne & DJ Drama Announce "Dedication 7" Release Lil Wayne and DJ Drama confirm that "Dedication 7" will be coming out in 2021. By Alex Zidel September 28, 2020
Music J. Prince Comments On Rising Number Of Rappers Being Shot: "It's Not A Game" The music icon remarked that people have been making the "gangster thing" a game when in reality, there are "consequences that go along with it." By Erika Marie December 16, 2020
Music Cardi B Responds To Criticism About Looks: "I Feel Comfortable In My Skin" After sharing a behind-the-scenes video of her "Up" music video rehearsals, the rapper faced negative comments about her makeup-less face. By Erika Marie February 09, 2021
Music YBN Nahmir Goes No. 1 On TikTok: "Everything's Coming So Unexpectedly" TikTok has also shared their end of the year report and Drake has the most streamed song on the app in 2020 with "Toosie Slide." By Erika Marie December 16, 2020