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Music Drake Sparks Speculation After Performing With A Live Band Drake's rendition of "Pipe Down" sounded heavenly over warm bass and sharp percussion, and we hope there's more where that came from. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 05, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Didn't Want To Be Included In Spotify's "The Gold Standard," The Exhibit's Artist Claims Nicki Minaj's exclusion has been explained. By Cole Blake August 03, 2024
Pop Culture Willow Smith Accused Of Islamophobia For Depiction Of Amazigh People In Novel "Black Shield Maiden" After Penguin Books shared an excerpt of the forthcoming novel, Willow and co-author Jess Hendel were hit with backlash. By Erika Marie February 22, 2022
Pop Culture Halle Berry Explained Her “Weird” Turn-On To Young M.A. & Twitter Is Obsessed The rapper was one of the many big names to contribute to Berry’s “Bruised” soundtrack. By Hayley Hynes November 21, 2021
Antics NBA YoungBoy's BM Jania Called Out By King Von's Sister Over Dancing Video Jania is seen in a clip dancing until Von's song comes on & Kayla B wasn't having it. By Erika Marie June 02, 2021
Sneakers LeBron James Flexes Yellow Off-White x Nike Air Force 1 Low This unreleased pair was gifted to LeBron by Virgil himself. By Alexander Cole March 08, 2021
Hip-Hop History Benny Blanco Recalls A Few Awkward Encounters With Drake Benny Blanco details his encounters with Drake over the years. By Aron A. March 27, 2021
Gossip Pooh Shiesty Responds To Stylist Claiming She's Pregnant With His Baby Pooh Shiesty addresses a woman who claims to be pregnant with his child. By Alex Zidel August 20, 2021
Music Dwayne Johnson Reveals He Almost Didn’t Rap On Tech N9ne’s “Face Off” Tech N9ne initially wanted a WWE-style “Rock promo” for the end of the track. By Hayley Hynes November 09, 2021
Music Keyshia Cole Can't Get Mary J. Blige To Agree To A Collaboration Keyshia Cole said she's tried to get Mary J. Blige on a track, but her efforts over the years have failed. By Erika Marie May 06, 2020
Gram Ice Cube & His Son Look Identical In Birthday Post Ice Cube's son O'Shea Jackson Jr. looks more like Ice Cube than Ice Cube looks like Ice Cube. By Alex Zidel February 24, 2020
Original Content What Happened To Rakim's Aftermath Album With Dr. Dre? In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced. By Robert Blair March 24, 2020