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Music TDE's Punch Says Rap Is Becoming More "Demonic" The record exec claims it has become very "blatant." By Alexis Oatman August 29, 2023
Pop Culture Britney Spears Inspires Bam Margera's Latest Tattoo Margera sees a lot of himself in Spears. By Ben Mock September 28, 2023
Music Usher Will Bring "Tasteful" Strip Club Aesthetic To Super Bowl Performance Usher wants to show off Atlanta's strip-club culture. By Lavender Alexandria September 27, 2023
Numbers Pop Smoke Breaks Eminem's Record On Billboard Rap Chart Pop Smoke's debut album "Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon" has beaten Eminem's record for the most weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart. By Alex Zidel March 25, 2021
Music Lil Uzi Vert Tweets "I'm Ready To Die" & Fans Are Concerned Uzi later deleted the message and explained what he meant. By Erika Marie May 26, 2021
Music Soulja Boy Continues Calling Out Kanye West: "I Was The First Rapper Wit Kim Kardashian" Soulja Boy claims he was the first rapper with Kim Kardashian, not Kanye West. By Alex Zidel August 31, 2021
Music Young Thug Earns Third No. 1 On Billboard 200 After "Punk" Debut Young Thug earned his third No. 1 album with "Punk," this week. By Cole Blake October 24, 2021
Music Every Track From Beyoncé's "Renaissance" Lands On The Hot 100 Beyoncé has become one of the only female acts to have an album chart every track. By Rex Provost August 11, 2022
Music Questlove Tells Diane Warren That Beyoncé Did A "Solid" By Crediting All Artists On A Track He mentioned the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit against Pharrell and Robin Thicke, and suggested that many celebrated white artists haven't given proper credit. By Erika Marie August 03, 2022
Music Lil Baby "Definitely Didn't See" The Star Quality Young Thug Knew He Had Thugger encouraged Lil Baby to get out of the streets and into the studio, but Baby admitted that he wasn't as convinced as his friend was about his success. By Erika Marie January 22, 2021
Music Nipsey Hussle Accused Of Acting "Untouchable" By Gang Members In Doc Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed almost a year ago, and L.A. gang members were interviewed for a new BBC documentary that explores the rapper's murder. By Erika Marie March 27, 2020
Sports Eminem Is The Kobe Bryant Of Rap, Says Big Daddy Kane Big Daddy Kane spoke about the death of Kobe Bryant and how he believes Eminem is his equivalent in hip-hop. By Alex Zidel February 14, 2020