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Profiles From Local To Platinum: Dreka Gates On Her Role In Kevin Gates' Success INTERVIEW: From $250 shows to rap superstardom, Dreka Gates has always been a driving force in her husband's career, and that's just one of many ventures she's involved in. Now that Kevin Gates is a free man, where will 2018 take the hip-hop power couple? By Trevor Smith January 16, 2018
Original Content Drake’s Co-Sign: The Hip-Hop Superpower Drake is leaving behind an amazing hip-hop legacy. By Matt F January 03, 2019
Original Content "Power" Season 5 Episode 9 Recap: Inside Information Leads To Cataclysmic Ends Tommy is one broken character. By Karlton Jahmal September 03, 2018
Original Content Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" Climbs Defiantly Into Adulthood So much more than hair bleach and vodka. By Mitch Findlay May 23, 2019
Original Content What Happened To Obie Trice? Long before Westside Boogie and Grip, Obie Trice was Shady Records' leading protege. Here, we take a look at where the Detroit rapper's momentum dropped off, and what's happened to him since. By Robert Blair June 29, 2022
Original Content Wiz Khalifa's Best Wake 'N' Bake Songs Start your morning with one of rap's premiere stoner emcees. By Chris Tart March 16, 2016
Original Content Aaliyah's "I Don't Wanna" Turns 20, And It's Still Her Most Slept-On Record To Date Two decades later, this sleeper hit by the "Princess of R&B" is still one of her coldest records. By Keenan Higgins January 11, 2020
Original Content Breakout Artists Of 2015 The 15 most promising up-and-comers of the year. By Patrick Lyons December 11, 2015
Original Content YSL RICO Indictment: Everything We Know With Young Thug and his entire organization facing upwards of 56 counts of criminal activity, we break down everything we've learned about the RICO case so far. By Robert Blair May 12, 2022
Reviews Review: Erykah Badu's "But You Caint Use My Phone" Erykah Badu's mixtape proves she's still as funky as ever, while showing appreciation for a new generation of artists. By Chris Tart December 04, 2015
Reviews Review: Jay Rock's "90059" Jay Rock delivers some of finest work to date, proving to fans that "90059" was worth the four-year wait. By Chris Tart September 15, 2015
Original Content The Best Prison-Released Gucci Mane Tracks Of 2015 Gucci Mane's best drops of 2015. By Angus Walker May 20, 2015