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Music Lil Wayne Recalls Leaving Jay-Z Shook & Refusing To Let Eminem Body Him On Wax Lil Wayne has stories for days. By Mitch Findlay January 31, 2020
Music Freddie Gibbs Snaps At Akademiks After Blogger Calls Him "Irrelevant" Freddie Gibbs recently spoke about Jeezy, calling the legendary rapper irrelevant, and that didn't sit well with Akademiks. Now, Gibbs and Akademiks are going at it. By Erika Marie June 29, 2020
Music Royce Da 5'9" Uses Nelly's "Country Grammar" As An Example Of Perseverance This year marks 20 years since Nelly dropped "Country Grammar," and Royce Da 5'9" wants people to used the classic album as an example of why people should push forward. By Erika Marie June 29, 2020
Music Kanye West Pees On His Grammy, Asks Drake & Kendrick Lamar For Support Nat Ye aka Baby Putin takes aim at the music industry. By Dre D. September 16, 2020
Music Snoop Dogg Says Eminem Isn't A Top 10 Rapper Snoop Dogg understands why people consider Eminem to be one of the greatest rappers ever but, personally, he doesn't crack his Top 10 list. By Alex Zidel July 29, 2020
Music Drake & Popcaan Have New Collaboration In The Works Drake and Popcaan prepare for a Coronavirus-free summer with some new heat. By Aron A. March 28, 2020
Random Big Sean Says His First Advance From Kanye West Was $15K Big Sean only got a $15,000 cash advance when he signed to Kanye West, which he revealed in a conversation with Fat Joe. By Alex Zidel October 09, 2020
Music Roddy Ricch Is Officially In "Album Mode" Roddy Ricch says he's in "album mode" and we're all ready for his new music. By Alex Zidel October 09, 2020
TV Summer Walker Stuns With Usher During BET Awards Performance Summer Walker and Usher performed together at the 2020 BET Awards. By Alex Zidel June 29, 2020
Music Saweetie Celebrates VMAs Nomination By Upside-Down Twerking Saweetie is overjoyed to earn her first nomination at the MTV VMAs with "Tap In," so much so that she decided to twerk upside-down and show the world. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Music Hit-Boy Curating "Madden 23" Soundtrack & Contributing 33 Exclusive Beats Hit-Boy is handling the upcoming soundtrack for "Madden 23," ahead of its release, later this week. By Cole Blake August 16, 2022
Music Snoop Dogg Turned Down $2M To DJ At Michael Jordan's Party Snoop Dogg reflects on missing his $2M opportunity to meet Michael Jordan. By Aron A. May 25, 2022