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Music Hip Hop Journalist & Screenwriter Jas Waters AKA JasFly Passes Away May she rest in power. By Madusa S. June 10, 2020
Music Noname Says She's Doesn't Want To "Dance On Stage For White People" Noname threatens to retire By Karlton Jahmal November 30, 2019
Music KXNG Crooked Talks Dr. Dre's Impact On Eminem, 50 Cent, & Snoop Dogg KXNG Crooked makes a case that Dr. Dre is responsible for helping Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar become the artists they are today. By Mitch Findlay August 03, 2020
Music Big Sean Explains Why He's Moving Forward With "Detroit 2" Release Big Sean told "The Rap Pack" that despite the quarantine, fans can expect "Detroit 2" to arrive sooner than later. By Erika Marie April 15, 2020
Music Lil Kim Raps Cardi B, Sings Cyndi Lauper, & Reveals Favorite "Hard Core" Songs A little song association with the Brooklyn emcee. By Erika Marie December 27, 2019
Music Andre 3000 Drops T-Shirts For The Movement For Black Lives Andre 3000 revisits his iconic jumpsuit look with a slew of new merchandise, with all the proceeds going to the Movement For Black Lives. By Mitch Findlay June 10, 2020
Music J. Prince Talks Jas Prince Discovering Drake & Wishing He Signed Vanilla Ice A walk down memory lane. By Erika Marie November 30, 2019
Music Houdini's Memorial Erupts In Gunfire, 2 Injured Last night, gunfire erupted at a Toronto memorial for slain rapper Houdini, an incident that left two men in the hospital. By Mitch Findlay June 10, 2020
Music Billboard Issues Response To 6ix9ine Accusations Of Manipulating Charts Billboard doesn't take Tekashi 6ix9ine's accusations lightly, so they responded with a lengthy article about how they come up with their chart numbers. By Erika Marie May 19, 2020
Music Tamar Braxton Disagrees With Usher's Comments About Nicki Minaj & Lil Kim Tamar Braxton doesn't believe that Usher was correct in saying that "Nicki is a product of Kim." By Erika Marie May 19, 2020
Music Trey Songz Wanted To Sign Summer Walker After Hearing Song But Didn't Know Her Trey Songz loved Summer Walker's track and even listened to it on his phone for two years, but he didn't know who the singer was so he was never able to sign her. By Erika Marie May 18, 2020
Music The Weeknd Mirrors Bloody "Blinding Lights" Visuals In "Jimmy Kimmel" Performance The Weeknd stays in character for his performance on the late night show. By Lynn S. January 23, 2020