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Original Content What Does "Oklama" Mean? Unpacking Kendrick Lamar's New Alias With no shortage of theories online, we look at the potential rationales behind Kendrick Lamar's new "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" era moniker. By Robert Blair April 21, 2022
Music Eminem Talks About His Voice & Flow Changing On "MMLP 2" Eminem reveals the reason why his vocal tone and his delivery changed over time during an interview with his manager, Paul Rosenberg. By Rose Lilah September 08, 2022
Music Kandi Burruss Chooses Xscape Over Destiny's Child In Hypothetical "Verzuz" That doesn't come as a surprise, but check out who she and Lil Jon choose between Mariah v. Ariana, Jay v. Ye, Nicki v. Eminem, Megan v. Cardi, and more. By Erika Marie May 24, 2022
Music Kevin Gates Talks Praying Before Sex & Women's Hygeine On "Caresha Please" Kevin Gates held nothing back in his recent appearance on Yung Miami and REVOLT's "Caresha Please." By Joshua Robinson July 15, 2022
Music Cam'ron Shows Off Rare Footage Of Him Rapping in 1995 Cypher Cam'ron went on a walk down memory lane. By Rex Provost August 14, 2022
Music Britney Spears Suggests She'll Never Perform Again: "I'm Pretty Traumatized" Fans believed she would hit the road now that her conservatorship is over, but that may not be the case after all. By Erika Marie September 12, 2022
Numbers "Drip Too Hard" By Lil Baby & Gunna Achieves RIAA Diamond Certified Status The collaboration is one of 85 songs to achieve such a prestigious honour. By Hayley Hynes September 12, 2022
Relationships Britney Spears Ex-Husband Reportedly Convicted Of Crashing Her Wedding Jason Alexander broke into Spears' wedding back in June. By Rex Provost August 14, 2022
Music Smokepurpp Performs In Front Of Nearly Empty Crowd On Boston Tour Date Smokepurpp's Boston performance was described as a "disaster" by a local photographer. By Aron A. April 26, 2022
Music Snoop Dogg Responds To Kanye West's Praise: "Love U King" Snoop Dogg showed love to Kanye West on Instagram after the rapper praised one of Snoop's outfits. By Cole Blake September 12, 2022
Music Kanye West & XXXTentacion's "True Love" Gets A Release Date The song originally appeared on "DONDA 2." By Alexander Cole May 23, 2022
Music Lil Nas X Announces New "Long Live Montero" Tour Lil Nas X will kick off his "Long Live Montero" tour in North America this September, with a European leg to follow directly after. By Brianna Lawson April 26, 2022