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Music Pop Smoke's Estate Inks Worldwide Publishing Deal With Warner Chappell Music The estate of Pop Smoke plans on using these resources with their newly inked deal with Warner Chappell Music to preserve the late rapper's legacy. By Aron A. June 16, 2020
Music Kanye West Spent $50 Mil Of Yeezy Marketing Budget On Sunday Service He claimed that Yeezys were selling themselves so he didn't need to take out ads & used the money for Sunday Service. By Erika Marie September 01, 2020
Music Paul Rosenberg To Reportedly Step Down As Def Jam CEO After two years of holding the position, Paul Rosenberg is set to be stepping down from his tenure as Def Jam's CEO. By Mitch Findlay February 21, 2020
Music DJ Paul's "Mafia Radio": YFN Lucci Explains Difference Between Albums & Mixtapes YFN Lucci unpacks the difference between mixtapes and albums with DJ Paul, also touching on whether features are overrated now. By Alex Zidel January 05, 2021
Pop Culture Trey Songz Concert Leaves Ohio Club Facing Fines For Pandemic Violations After a live performance by Trey Songz, an Ohio Club could be facing major repercussions for violating social distancing guidelines. By Ellie Spina December 08, 2020
Music Juicy J & DJ Paul Hit $uicideboy$ With $6.4M Lawsuit Over Uncleared Samples DJ Paul and Juicy J go after $uicideboy$ for millions for “illegally sampling and stealing" 35 songs from Three 6 Mafia's catalog. By Aron A. September 08, 2020
Music Kanye West's Manager Praises New Album: "Some Of The Greatest Music He’s Made" Kanye West's manager Abou "Bu" Thiam teases that the rapper's upcoming album is some of his best work to date. By Mitch Findlay October 01, 2020
Music Westside Gunn Pens "The Realest Post He's Ever Made" Ahead of his big Shady Records debut, Westside Gunn takes a moment to reflect on everything he has experienced in the game so far. By Mitch Findlay October 01, 2020
Streetwear Lil Uzi Vert Releases "Eternal Atake" Merch Lil Uzi Vert has dropped some "Eternal Atake" merchandise inspired by the album's space theme. The items are available for pre-order now. By Lynn S. March 18, 2020
Music Hoodrich Pablo Juan Announces "Hood Champ" Album Hoodrich Pablo Juan reveals a new album is dropping on Friday. By Rose Lilah May 20, 2020
Music Drake And Benny The Butcher Are Dropping A Track Benny The Butcher and Drake are gearing up to spit some bars on a new collaboration, set to arrive as soon as possible. By Mitch Findlay February 21, 2020
Music DMX Wants All The Smoke From Jay-Z In "Verzuz" Battle DMX doubles down on wanting to go up against Jay-Z for the ever-popular "Verzuz" series. By Erika Marie May 19, 2020