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Music Dr. Dre's Son Secures First Movie Role & Will Score The Film Dr. Dre's son Curtis Young is heading to Hollywood after landing his first movie role in "Charge It To The Game." By Aron A. July 19, 2021
Music LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Nas & More Pay Tribute To Biz Markie Beastie Boys, Magic Johnson, Missy Elliott and more paid tribute after news of Biz Markie's passing. By Aron A. July 17, 2021
Hip-Hop History E-40, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg, Jeezy, & More Connect In Iconic Throwback Pic E-40 takes it all the way back to 2013 with a legendary throwback pic from the set of Jeezy's "R.I.P" video. By Mitch Findlay December 01, 2020
TV Toya Johnson Gets Engaged & Reginae Carter Couldn't Be Happier Reginae Carter's mom, Toya Johnson, announced her engagement by way of a new episode with T.I. & Tiny. By Rose Lilah June 30, 2020
Music Jadakiss Revealed He Penned Diddy's Lyrics During "Verzuz" With Fabolous Jadakiss had a good ol' time during his "Verzuz" battle with Fabolous, even sharing that he was responsible for writing some of Diddy's rhymes. By Erika Marie June 29, 2020
Numbers Bad Bunny, The Weeknd & Joe Rogan Dominate Spotify 2020 "Wrapped" Lists Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD, Drake, and others all made Spotify's year-end Wrapped lists. By Alex Zidel December 01, 2020
Music Nas Reveals He "Got Too High" To Finish Collaboration With Biggie The "King's Disease" emcee explained that he made it to the studio with Biggie, but his friend gave him some strong sticky icky. By Erika Marie August 26, 2020
Gram Ja Rule Believes It's Time To "Abolish The N-Word" As It Was Meant To "Demean" Ja Rule shared a clip from "Drink Champs" where Waka Flocka and Noreaga discussed not using the n-word. By Erika Marie July 28, 2020
Music Thundercat Confirms He's Involved With Kendrick Lamar's Upcoming Album Thundercat confirmed that Kendrick Lamar is, in fact, working on a new album, to which the bassist has contributed his musical talents. By Lynn S. March 28, 2020
Music Blac Chyna Is Dropping New Music Blac Chyna announced on Instagram that she has new "music dropping soon" with a link to the teaser for her new song, "Seen Her." By Lynn S. May 31, 2020
Pop Culture Tamir Rice's Mother Grieves Son On What Should Have Been His 18th Birthday Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer in Ohio when he was 12-years-old. By Erika Marie June 25, 2020
Crime Waka Flocka Denounces Looting: "Why Trash Your Neighborhoods?" Waka Flocka took to social media to share his thoughts on looting as a form of protest as folks riot against the murder of George Floyd by police. By Lynn S. May 29, 2020