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Music XXXTentacion & Jimmy Wopo Passed Away Three Years Ago Today Today marks the three-year anniversary of XXXTentacion and Jimmy Wopo's deaths. By Joshua Robinson June 18, 2021
Music EarthGang Tease New "Ghetto Gods" Album Snippet EarthGang shares a promising update on "Ghetto Gods," confirming the JetsonMade and Olu-produced "All Eyes on Me." By Mitch Findlay March 31, 2021
Music Astroworld Staff Instructed To Refer To Dead Audience Members As "Smurfs:" Report Astroworld Festival staff was asked to never use the words "dead" or "deceased" over the radio, referring to dead audience members as "Smurfs" instead. By Alex Zidel November 09, 2021
Music NoCap Released From Jail NoCap is back home. By Joshua Robinson July 25, 2021
Music YNW Melly's "Just A Matter Of Slime" Projected To Move 20K Units In First Week Initial estimates for the first week sales of YNW Melly's "Just A Matter of Slime" are in. By Cole Blake August 20, 2021
Music Jim Jones Claims Drake Is The Only One Who Can See JAY-Z In A Verzuz During a conversation with reporter and sports analyst Brandon Robinson, Jim Jones says that Drake is the only one who could compete against JAY-Z in a Verzuz battle. By Brianna Lawson January 07, 2022
Music Quality Control Signs Detroit Rapper Baby Money Baby Money releases his new single "Long Time Coming" after signing to Quality Control. By Alex Zidel January 07, 2022
Music Gunna Faces Backlash For "DS4EVER" Lyrics After Baby Tate Calls Him Out Baby Tate called out Gunna after mishearing some of his lyrics on "DS4EVER" and thinking that he was using derogatory language against the trans community. By Alex Zidel January 07, 2022
Original Content Rise & Grind: KenTheMan Details Origins Of Her Name & Talks Working With PornHub Houston rapper KenTheMan joins us for the latest edition of "Rise & Grind," in which she discusses her latest EP, her partnership with Asylum Records, the story behind her stage name, and more. By Joshua Robinson October 18, 2021
Music Where To Watch & Who Is Performing At The 2021 BET Awards Taraji P. Henson hosts. By Karlton Jahmal June 27, 2021
Music Nicki Minaj Hops On Soulja Boy's "She Make It Clap" & Meek Mill Reacts Soulja Boy debuted the remix of "She Make It Clap" ft. Nicki Minaj during Verzuz and Meek Mill suddenly appeared in the comments. By Aron A. June 27, 2021
Music Nas & Miss Info Announce "The Bridge" Podcast Nas and Miss Info will explore the 50-year history of hip-hop on the Spotify podcast. By Aron A. November 09, 2021