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Music Alicia Keys Was "Embarrassed" After Jay Z Asked Her To Re-Record Hit Song Alicia Keys & Jay Z created an iconic song with "Empire State of Mind," but the singer recently shared that their collaboration almost never happened. By Erika Marie April 09, 2020
Sports Kevin Durant Reveals His Favorite Album Of All Time And Explains Why: Watch Durant was getting into his emotional bag. By Alexander Cole October 31, 2019
Music Metro Boomin Reveals Why He Wasn't On Future's "I Never Liked You" Future appears on four songs on Metro Boomin's new album, "Heroes & Villains." By Aron A. December 02, 2022
Music RZA Recalls Being Paid $100 Dollars For Early Wu-Tang Shows The RZA sits down with The Breakfast Club to discuss the Wu-Tang Clan's humble beginnings and much more. By Mitch Findlay October 06, 2021
Music Nelly Runs The Hits In Nostalgic BET Hip-Hop Awards Performance Nelly runs an absolute lineup of hits during an eight-minute nostalgic performance at the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards. By Mitch Findlay October 06, 2021
Music Tokyo Jetz Believes NBA YoungBoy Deserves More "Accolades, Awards, Nominations" She says YoungBoy is "really raw af" and deserves more recognition. By Erika Marie July 13, 2021
Music Irv Gotti Claims Romance With Ashanti "Helped" The Singer, Shares Story About "Happy" Hit Ja Rule claimed he knew nothing about this story before Irv detailed how Ashanti's classic track was allegedly created. By Erika Marie August 05, 2022
Music Pop Smoke's Brother Speaks About Threats Against The Rapper & Lack Of Security Obasi Jackson says it's "mind-boggling" that his brother was traveling without tighter security detail adding, "That's something that bothers me." By Erika Marie January 04, 2021
Music Fat Joe Thinks Lil Baby Is The Best Rapper Out Of His Generation Fat Joe says "no one is better than Lil Baby right now." By Aron A. June 28, 2021
Music XXXTentacion's Friend DJ Scheme On Drake "Stealing" His Flow Drake used a very similar flow to XXXTentacion's "Look At Me" on "KMT" and sparked an entire debate, which DJ Scheme is now speaking on. By Alex Zidel March 04, 2020
Music Big Sean Talks Uniting Tee Grizzley, Eminem & More For "Friday Night Cypher" Though Detroit rappers have not always seen eye to eye, Big Sean managed to unite his city on the epic "Friday Night Cypher." By Mitch Findlay September 04, 2020
Music 50 Cent & The Game Seen Talking It Out At Club The Game are 50 Cent seem to be back on speaking terms. By Mitch Findlay July 09, 2018