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Music North West Shows Off Her Producing Talents With Beat Snippet North West had a lot of involvement with her dad's first "Vultures" album in 2024, so it's not a surprise that she's experimenting. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Sneakers Hundreds Of Foot Locker Stores Set To Close Down Foot Locker begins a huge wave of store closures as new ownership pushes a full retail reset in a a moving sneaker world. By Ben Atkinson November 25, 2025
Music CeeLo Green "Failed" At Wearing A Dress Because People Thought Young Thug Was The First Over a decade ago, CeeLo posed in a wedding dress for a Gnarls Barkley shoot & he recently discussed not receiving enough backlash or attention for it. By Erika Marie February 16, 2021
Music Nick Cannon & Former "Wild 'N Out" Member Karlous Miller Squash Beef Miller recently popped up on the show as a special guest. By Erika Marie July 10, 2019
Music Videos A$AP Rocky Delivers Video Game-Like Visual For "Helicopter$" A$AP Rocky's visuals game continues to be on point as "Helicopter$" follows up the zany video for "Punk Rocky." By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music Jodeci's DeVante Swing Named Co-Defendant In Diddy Assault Lawsuit The singer is alleged to have witnessed an assault. By Elias Andrews October 09, 2024
Music Gavin Newsom Makes Nicki Minaj Rant Again By Cosigning Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj hates California governor Gavin Newsom, recently trashing his defense of transgender children and his political aspirations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music Ja Rule Accuses 50 Cent Of Allegedly Being "No Different" Than Diddy Folks who thought Ja Rule would stop at calling 50 Cent a snitch over executive producing a Diddy doc might want a refresher on their feud. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Original Content Kevin Gates "Super General" Freestyle: A Lyric Break Down We break down the many references littered across Kevin Gates's controversial "Super General" freestyle. By Aron A. June 10, 2022
Original Content What Happened To Kirko Bangz? The Houston rapper rose to fame following the success of his 2011 single "Drank In My Cup." What's he up to now? By Azure Johnson April 29, 2021
Original Content DMX's "Damien" Trilogy Is Pinnacle Hip-Hop Horror DMX blended horror, morality, and religious turmoil in the masterful "Damien" series. By Mitch Findlay February 07, 2019
Music Ebro Darden Speaks Out After Mero Lands Hot 97's New Morning Show The first episode of "Mornings With Mero" will air on Tuesday with subsequent episodes airing weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026