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Music Tasha K Offers Sarcasm-Filled Apology To Cardi B Fans Are fans really blaming her for a lack of new Cardi music? By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2023
Pop Culture Wyclef Jean Taps Lauryn Hill To Perform Fugees Hits & Plays The Guitar With His Tongue At Essence Fest The Fugees singers had an affair during Wyclef's marriage to Marie Claudinette. By Hayley Hynes July 02, 2022
Music Fat Joe Blames "Ego" For The Death Of New York's Hip-Hop Scene Fat Joe says that New York hip-hop was "single-handedly" ruined by ego. By Cole Blake July 30, 2022
Original Content Are These 5 Beloved Rap Albums Classics? With the term classic holding such weight within the rap game, it feels appropriate to examine five albums that may very well be deserving of the status. By Mitch Findlay September 23, 2020
Music Pooh Shiesty's Brother Dead From Brain Cancer: Report Pooh Shiesty's brother Tee Da P reportedly passed away after a battle with brain cancer. By Alex Zidel March 01, 2021
Music Beyoncé Calls Young Girl Who Went Viral For Crying While Watching "Black Is King" Beyoncé gave a young fan the surprise of a lifetime with a phone call to the brown skin girl that went viral for a video of her crying while watching the beauty of "BLACK IS KING." By Keenan Higgins August 11, 2020
Music Common Recalls Tumult Of Erykah Badu Break-Up: "It Was Difficult To Eat" Common's "meet your maker" moment wasn't his beef with Ice Cube's Westside Connection, but his break-up with Erykah Badu a decade ago. By Devin Ch May 17, 2019
Music Trippie Redd Announces "A Love Letter To You 3" Release Date & Tracklist Juice WRLD, NBA YoungBoy, and more will be featured. By Alex Zidel October 30, 2018
Music The Game Says He's Better Than Eminem, Would Challenge Him To "Verzuz" The Game stands on his talents and catalog, further suggesting that he didn't perform at the Super Bowl halftime show because he wasn't the "safe choice." By Erika Marie March 05, 2022
Music DaBaby Talks Learning To "Adapt" After Rolling Loud Controversy The rapper's comments last summer caused him a heap of backlash, and he recently reflected on that tense time. By Erika Marie March 04, 2022
Music Nicki Minaj Seemingly Shades BET Hip Hop Awards For "Seeing Green" Exclusion Mrs. Petty is nominated alongside BIA for their "Whole Lotta Money (Remix)," but the Drake and Lil Wayne-assisted "Seeing Green" didn't make the cut. By Erika Marie September 09, 2021
Music The Weeknd Shares "After Hours" Album Cover, New Single Out Tonight The Weeknd shares the "After Hours" album cover and announces that its title track will arrive later tonight. By Noah C February 18, 2020