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Original Content Every Future Single That Went Gold Or Platinum From "Turn on the Lights" to "March Madness." By Danny Schwartz June 09, 2016
Pop Culture Who Is Alex Fine? Cassie Ventura's Supportive Husband While Cassie takes the stand in Diddy’s trial, Alex Fine stays quietly by her side. Here’s how the couple met, and who he was before the spotlight. By Rain Adams May 17, 2025
Original Content Lil Wayne's "Crying Out For Me" Verse Quietly Influenced The Game Lil Wayne's verse on Mario's "Crying Out For Me" remix arrived during his acclaimed 2007 run. By Rose Lilah January 29, 2020
Original Content Ranking Drake's Albums From Worst To Best Now that "More Life" hype has died down, let's see how it stacks up to the rest of Drake's albums. By Patrick Lyons June 07, 2017
Original Content Nas & Damian Marley's "Distant Relatives" Turns 13 A collaboration between legends in their respectives genres, Nas and Damian Marley's "Distant Relatives" hits another anniversary. By Wyatt Westlake May 21, 2023
TV Remembering Malcolm-Jamal Warner: What Theo Gave Generations Of Black Boys Theo Huxtable meant something. Malcolm-Jamal Warner helped change how we see Black boys, Black fathers, and the love between them. By Erika Marie July 21, 2025
Original Content Polo G: 10 Essential Songs We run through the most essential Polo G songs, ahead of his new album "The GOAT." By Rose Lilah May 12, 2020
Original Content 10 Hottest Singing-Rappers Right Now We take a look at some of the hottest artists that have meshed singing with rapping. By Rose Lilah May 07, 2015
Sports What Happened To Antonio Brown? How One Hit Changed Everything It appears as though there is a serious underlying issue as it pertains to AB. By Alexander Cole November 17, 2019
Original Content Word Up: Hip-Hop Through The Wire Listen to some hip-hop music that references "The Wire." By Rose Lilah April 03, 2012
Reviews Review: August Alsina's "Testimony" "Testimony" is a riveting, authentic debut from the Def Jam signee August Alsina. By Matt Aceto April 17, 2014
Profiles Behind The Beat: Zaytoven Interview: Zaytoven speaks on his long history as church organist, the remarkable making of "Beast Mode," and how he's managed to remain a devoted family man while serving the streets with combustible trap beats for the past 15 years. By Danny Schwartz June 22, 2016