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Pop Culture SZA's Artist Of The Year Snub Caused Manager Punch To Pull Her MTV VMAs Performance "It just really didn’t make any sense to me. It’s disrespectful," the TDE executive said of MTV's decision to not recognize SZA. By Hayley Hynes September 15, 2023
Music Artificial Intelligence-Powered Rapper Signs To Major Label The virtual rapper FN Meka just landed a real deal. By Rex Provost August 21, 2022
Numbers The Barbz Might've Just Got Nicki Minaj A Hit Single In Only 8 Hours After getting the "Queen" album cut "LLC" trending on social media, the track skyrocketed up the charts. By Madusa S. May 07, 2021
Pop Culture Lizzo Shares Vulnerable Mental Breakdown On TikTok The artist shared the tearful footage to the short-form video app. By Madusa S. May 11, 2021
Music Logic's VMA Performance Increases Suicide Prevention Calls Kesha & Logic have helped increased the number of calls the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline receives by 50%. By Aron A. August 29, 2017
Relationships Chloe Bailey Fuels Gunna Relationship Rumors By Celebrating Their Collaborative Song Chloe recently attended Gunna's album listening party. By Thomas Galindo January 08, 2022
Music Nas & Hit-Boy Thank Fans For "King's Disease 2" Support Nas and Hit-Boy take a moment to show some love to the fans for supporting "King's Disease 2." By Mitch Findlay August 09, 2021
Songs G Herbo Calls On Chance The Rapper And Lil Uzi Vert For "Everything" Remix Chance the Rapper and Lil Uzi Vert join G Herbo on the upcoming remix of "Everything." By Alex Zidel February 14, 2018
Music Mystikal Blames Record Label For His Failure To Pay $3M In Back Taxes: Report Mystikal blames his label and management team for his money problems. By Aron A. March 28, 2019
Pop Culture Kanye West Viral Rant Ends With Hilarious Song Request: Watch After getting all his feelings out in the open, Ye wanted to hear a "DONDA" era classic. By Hayley Hynes December 18, 2023
Music Mariah Carey Brings Out Ariana Grande & Jennifer Hudson For "Oh Santa!" Performance In N.Y.C. Mariah Carey brought some big guests with her for the latest stop on the "Merry Christmas One & All! Tour." By Cole Blake December 09, 2023
Music Soulja Boy Gets His Phone Snatched Live In The Hood Soulja Boy got his phone snatched while trying to act cool in the hood. By Kevin Goddard January 03, 2017