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Music Lil Baby Is All Smiles As He Poses With His Son Jason Ahead Of The Grammys The rapper was in great spirits as he visited his label ahead of tonight's Grammy awards with his eldest son Jason by his side. By Madusa S. March 14, 2021
Music Rapper & Visual Artist VNZA Fatally Shot At Missouri Pool Bar: Report The artist was reportedly shot to death at a busy waterfront bar at The Lake of the Ozarks. By Madusa S. June 01, 2021
Music Keyshia Cole Thinks Antonio Brown's Music Is Grammy Worthy The award-winning songstress believes AB has what it takes to go far in the music industry. By Lawrencia Grose April 22, 2022
Music Conway The Machine Slams Funk Flex & Other NY DJs For Being "Gatekeepers" Conway The Machine says we "gotta get rid of" New York DJs and called out Funk Flex. By Cole Blake July 11, 2022
Music Busta Rhymes To Be Honored As An Icon At The 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards Busta Rhymes is set to receive the Icon Award at the BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards, next month. By Cole Blake August 10, 2022
Music Kid Cudi Reveals How Rehab Stint Almost Ended His Career Kid Cudi was in a dark place back in 2016. By Alexander Cole April 21, 2022
Relationships What Did Dreka Do? Her Role In Kevin Gates' Career In the early days of Kevin Gates' career, his girl was responsible for everything from DJing his shows to handing out his CDs to strangers. By Hayley Hynes June 15, 2022
Music Yo Gotti Shares Trailer For CMG Album "Gangsta Art" Yo Gotti previews a new Mozzy-assisted single in the official trailer for CMG's upcoming label album, "Gangsta Art." By Aron A. July 11, 2022
Music Janelle Monae Comes Out As Non-Binary During the season five premiere of "The Red Table Talk", Janelle Monae came out as non-binary. By Brianna Lawson April 21, 2022
Music Boldy James Says He's Preparing To Drop A J Dilla-Produced Project Boldy James says that he's got "the last of the Dilla stash" and is readying a project produced by the legend. By Cole Blake June 14, 2022
TV Teyana Taylor Wins "Masked Singer," Belts Out Usher & Robin Thicke Hits Taylor's "Firefly" took home the big win and later, she said she agreed to do the show because singing "would be fun again and there's no judgment." By Erika Marie May 19, 2022
Music Drake's Dad's Tattoo Artist Fires Back At Rapper's Criticism Money Mike says he felt disrespected after Dennis Graham got his tattoo of Drake retouched by 16 other artists. By Aron A. August 10, 2022