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Profiles Behind The Beat: Ricky Racks We go Behind the Beat with "Best Friend" producer Ricky Racks, whose goal is to sound like no one else in Atlanta. By Angus Walker March 02, 2016
Viral Kai Cenat's Reaction To Lil Baby's Verse On New Trippie Redd Album Goes Viral The Twitch streamer made some hilarious faces and comments when he heard "FULLY LOADED" off Trippie's "MANSION MUSIK." By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 22, 2023
Original Content Pride Month 2025: Artists Who Redefined Visibility In Hip Hop & R&B Coming out in rap hasn’t always been safe or celebrated. Yet, over time, artists like Frank Ocean & Lil Nas X forced Hip Hop to pay attention. By Erika Marie June 16, 2025
Pop Culture Keyshia Cole Apologizes After Boldly Announcing That Ashanti Was Allegedly Pregnant Again Keyshia Cole thought she dropped one heck of a bombshell on "The Breakfast Club," but she fell for the Ashanti rumors that have been spread. By Zachary Horvath June 02, 2025
Music Diddy's Ex Assistant Recalls Dream In Which Mogul Saved Her From R. Kelly An anonymous alleged victim referred to as "Mia" faced more questions on the stand from Diddy's defense team during the mogul's trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Pop Culture DDG Continues Defending His Brother DuB After Violent DreamCon Altercation DDG's brother got into a heated altercation with a fan at the event who called the rapper “Doo Doo Garbage." By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Chxrry Becomes The "Main Character" On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update This week's "R&B Season" playlist update comes courtesy of Chxrry, Leon Thomas, Justine Skye, KAYTRANADA, Terrace Martin, and Kenyon Dixon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Diddy’s Former Assistant Alleges She Had To “Beg” To Attend Grandma’s Funeral Diddy's former assistant, who is testifying under the pseudonym "Mia," was cross-examined by Brian Steel today. By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Drake Delivers Heartfelt Closing Speech At Kai Cenat's Streamer University Drake called Kai Cenat a game-changer during what has been a hugely successful period for the streamer and his peers. By Devin Morton May 26, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues To Troll Joe Budden After Knicks Game Run-In 50 Cent began clowning Joe Budden online earlier this year, after the podcaster criticized his reaction to Irv Gotti's passing. By Caroline Fisher May 25, 2025
Music Drake Cheekily Responds To Kendrick Lamar’s Claim That He’s A Gambling Addict Despite people like Kendrick Lamar telling Drake to essentially quit betting, he's doubling down on the fact that he's never going to stop. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Sports Drake Hilariously Denies The "Drake Curse" Allegations The Drake curse is something that has plagued sports teams for over a decade now but the artist wants you to believe it's not real. By Alexander Cole May 20, 2025