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Original Content Kendrick Lamar's Censorship Of "Po-Po" Line At Super Bowl Is A Painful Reminder During the star-studded Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, Kendrick Lamar didn’t rap the infamous “Alright” line, “we hate po-po,” and the brief silence from that moment was deafening. By Joshua Robinson February 15, 2022
TV “Hip Hop Homicides” Producer P. Frank Williams Talks Pop Smoke Murder Investigation, Working With 50 Cent & Why The Internet Is A "Deadly Place" P. Frank Williams details the hurdles he faced during "Hip-Hop Homicides," working with 50 Cent, and how they got Amelia Rose to speak on Pop Smoke’s murder for the first time publicly. By Aron A. November 22, 2022
Original Content Who Was Afeni Shakur? Remembering Tupac's Mother RIP Afeni Shakur (1947-2016). By Danny Schwartz May 03, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. We now take a look back where it all started, N.W.A's unarguable classic, "Straight Outta Compton", which dropped 27 years ago to this day. By Eve Stern August 08, 2015
Original Content Obasi J. Doesn't Want To Be Another Pop Smoke EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Pop Smoke's brother, Obasi J., on being "free" in his music, aiming for Kanye and Pharrell-level of success, his upcoming new music, and more. By Alex Zidel May 04, 2021
Original Content #TBT: The Neptunes Celebrating The Neptunes, the greatest production duo in hip hop history. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Ja Rule Revisiting Ja Rule 2000-2004. By Danny Schwartz January 26, 2017
Sports Top 10 Best Athletes Of 2019 Counting down the year's biggest names in the world of sports. By Alexander Cole December 18, 2019
Original Content 21 Savage's "I Am > I Was:" The 5 Best Features The Fab Five who made the most of their big shiny moment. By Devin Ch December 21, 2018
Original Content Kodak Black's "Dying to Live:" The Most Emotional Bars Kodak Black's sophomore LP delivers no shortage of poignancy. By Maxwell Cavaseno December 22, 2018
Original Content Instagram Gallery: A$AP Rocky's Most Pretty Flacko Moments This one is for all the pretty, jiggy mothafuckas out there. By Devon Jefferson December 02, 2017
Original Content When The Gun Talks, What Does It Say? While the gun has become a staple image in hip-hop music, Nas, Pharoahe Monch, and Styles P proved that it can also be a compelling character in its own right. By Mitch Findlay June 25, 2020