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Sneakers NBA All Star Sneakers: Top 10 Kicks Releasing This Weekend A rundown of the best basketball sneakers releasing for All Star weekend. By Kyle Rooney February 15, 2019
Original Content New Year's Eve Special: The Best Hip-Hop Songs Of December (On Spotify) Check out our roundup of the best hip-hop tracks to hit Spotify in December. By Matt F December 31, 2017
Original Content Jacquees, NAV & Rich The Kid Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch March 23, 2019
Profiles Meet Lotto Savage AKA "Don Slaughter," Ready To Blow Up Like 21 Less than a year after discovering music, Lotto Savage is ready to blow. We talked to the Slaughter Gang member about taking inspiration from 21 Savage, his "Don Slaughter" mixtape, his forthcoming "Lotto Krueger" tape, and the possibility of a "Freddy vs. Jason" project between him and 21. By Angus Walker August 30, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential D'Angelo Tracks Ten great D'angelo songs to start with. By Chris Tart June 20, 2015
Original Content Cardi B's Best NYFW Looks Cardi B is bae, and she killed it at NYFW 2017. By Rose Lilah September 13, 2017
Original Content Kanye West's David Letterman Interview: 6 Takeaways The key highlights from Kanye West's anticipated interview with David Letterman. By Samuel Allan May 31, 2019
Original Content DJ Khalil On How Kendrick Lamar Influences Him, Dr. Dre Update & Timbaland Controversy DJ Khalil details meeting Dr. Dre at his sister’s birthday party, the art of sampling, working with Kendrick Lamar, and why hip-hop is an extension of jazz music. By Aron A. February 19, 2021
Reviews Pusha T Manifests Thanos Type Energy During Los Angeles "DAYTONA" Tour Stop Unstoppable energy from King Push. By Karlton Jahmal September 02, 2018
Original Content All The Smoke: Hip Hop’s Capital In The Multibillion Dollar Cannabis Industry Hip-Hop’s claimed its stake in cannabis culture but how has it infiltrated the legal weed economy? B-Real, Wiz Khalifa, Berner, and more detail their journey as cannabis entrepreneurs during the rise of Big Weed corporations. By Aron A. April 20, 2020
Reviews Juice WRLD "Legends Never Die" Review Juice WRLD's posthumous album "Legends Never Die" takes its place in history as the biggest posthumous debut in the last twenty years. By Alex Zidel July 20, 2020
Original Content We Want The Funk: From P-Funk To G-Funk & Beyond, A Brief History With the recent release of YouTube’s documentary "G Funk," it’s as good of a time as ever to trace the history of the West Coast sound that ruled the world throughout the 90s and set the stage for hip hop as we know it today. By Gus Fisher July 25, 2018