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Music Millennium Tour Dates Postponed Due To Coronavirus Pandemic Omarion's Millennium Tour featuring Bow Wow, Ashanti, Soulja Boy, and more, has been postponed due to the spread of coronavirus. By Lynn S. March 18, 2020
Music Lecrae Blasted For Convo With Pastor Who Dismisses Slavery As A "Blessing" Lecrae is at the center of a tweet storm, following a conversation he had with Pastor Louie Giglio and the Chic-Fil-A CEO, where slavery was dismissed as a "blessing." By Rose Lilah June 16, 2020
Music Snoop Dogg Wishes 2Pac A Happy 49th Birthday Snoop Dogg took a moment to share some kind words to 2Pac Shakur, on what would have been the rapper's 49th birthday. By Mitch Findlay June 16, 2020
Original Content Cardi B’s Sophomore Album: Everything We Know Everything there is to know about the "Bodak Yellow" rapper's upcoming album. By Madusa S. August 12, 2020
Relationships G Herbo & Ari Fletcher Have "Great Co-Parenting Relationship Right Now" G Herbo visited Chicago's WGCI and talked about his new album, fatherhood, and co-parenting with Ari Fletcher. By Erika Marie February 21, 2020
Music Babyface Says Michael Jackson Wanted To Hook Up With Halle Berry Babyface alleges that Michael Jackson was interested in Halle Berry during his IG Live battle with Teddy Riley. By Rose Lilah April 21, 2020
Music John Legend Promises New Album Is Coming Last night, John Legend staged a wholesome concert on Instagram Live and confirmed that a new album was on the way. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2020
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Announces New Music Release Date Tekashi 6ix9ine pushes back his new single and video release date by a week. By Alex Zidel May 20, 2020
Music The Weeknd Announces New "After Hours" Tour Dates The Weeknd announces all of his rescheduled dates for the "After Hours" tour in 2021. By Alex Zidel May 20, 2020
Music The LOX Wants All The Verzuz Smoke: "Whoever It Is, We Gon Win" With their upcoming "Living Off Xperience" album dropping soon, The LOX hit up Hot 97 to talk potential Verzuz opponents, DMX's comeback, and more. By Mitch Findlay August 27, 2020
Music Drake Leak Inspires TikTok Dance Challenge An unreleased Drake song has already kicked off a viral dance challenge on TikTok. By Alex Zidel March 30, 2020
Music Timbaland Wants A DJ Mustard Vs Mike WiLL Made-It Battle Timbaland takes to Instagram to contemplate a producer battle for the ages, imagining Mustard facing off with Mike WiLL Made-It. By Mitch Findlay July 30, 2020