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Viral Lil Yachty Explains Inspiration For Taking The Wock To "Poland" He was featured on a YouTube reaction channel and walked- or wocked- them through how the song was made. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 15, 2022
Music Kendrick Lamar Achieves Highest Peak Of Monthly Listeners On Spotify For A Rapper Following Super Bowl Performance Lamar snatches the crown. By Zachary Horvath February 11, 2025
Music Drake And Chris Brown Sued For $5 Million Over Song Theft Allegations The duo scored a top 5 hit in 2019. By Elias Andrews October 29, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg's Response To Kendrick Lamar Leaves TDE Punch Laughing Snoop Dogg joked that it "was the edibles." By Cole Blake November 23, 2024
Music Lil Yachty Playfully Mocks Drake For "Body Slamming" Him Around Women Lil Yachty is one of the 6 God's most high profile friends, but he also makes a point of roasting Drake on occasion. By Elias Andrews March 25, 2025
Music Trae Tha Truth To Receive Second Presidential Achievement Award The rapper has had a good month. By Elias Andrews January 13, 2025
Music DJ Funk Passes Away At 54 Following Cancer Battle DJ Funk is one of the key pioneers in Chicago house music, traiblazing the "ghetto house," and "booty house" styles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2025
Streetwear Drake Seems To Have Bought Another Pharrell Chain From Kid Cudi's JOOPITER Auction While Drake and Kid Cudi have buried the hatchet sometimes, the former's beef with Pharrell is still completely one-sided... And active. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music What Is Ludacris's Best-Selling Album? Explore Ludacris's best-selling project, an album that shaped hip-hop and catapulted the rapper to global fame. By Rain Adams November 10, 2023
Music Jay-Z "Volume 2… Hard Knock Life" Turns 25 The milestone project remains the best-selling album of his career. By Demi Phillips September 30, 2023
Music Wiz Khalifa Mourns His Sister's Passing Wiz Khalifa's sister just passed away of unknown causes. By hnhh February 24, 2017
Original Content Lonely Child: Youngboy Never Broke Again & Rappers Growing Up In The Spotlight A look at the life and times of Youngboy, and how his music can help us understand him just as much as his actions. By Maxwell Cavaseno October 22, 2019