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Music Diddy Has Reportedly Spent Serious Money On Chinese Massages In Prison, Twitter Reacts A bombshell report from NBC came out on Tuesday night, detailing some of the stuff Diddy has gotten up to in prison.
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Music XXL Officially Unveils Their 2026 Freshman List Iconic hip-hop magazine XXL has officially revealed its Freshman List for 2026, and it includes some massive up-and-comers.
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Music Kanye West Surprises Fans At Chris Brown & Usher's Los Angeles Show Ye pulled up to SoFi Stadium to perform some of his biggest hits alongside Chris Brown and Usher, and fans went wild.
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Original Content Breakout Artists Of 2015 The 15 most promising up-and-comers of the year.
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Music DJ Akademiks Expresses Severe Disappointment In Lil Baby's Alleged OnlyFans Payments DJ Akademiks reacted to a clip where Lil Baby allegedly calls up a woman asking for some explicit content. However, Ak thinks something's up.
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Politics The Alchemist Addresses Whether He Feels Compelled To Speak On The Violence In Gaza The Alchemist's comments come after he recently teamed up with Freddie Gibbs for the collaborative album, "Alfredo 2."
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Music Lil Pump And Donald Trump Share A Selfie From UFC Event Where Fighter Claims Political Bias Trump's name came up throughout the night's proceedings.
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Lists 10 Hip-Hop Group Break-Ups Over the past few decades exceptional hip-hop groups have come and gone. Each one of them showcasing their own individual styles while also assisting in the longevity of the hip-hop genre. Here's a list of the top ten worst hip-hop group break-ups.
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Music Who Is Signed To Concrete Boys? A Breakdown Of Lil Yachty's New Label Lil Yachty's Concrete Boys collective is home to some of the most exciting up-and-coming artists the industry has to offer.
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Music Kendrick Lamar Wins Big At The BET Awards As Chris Brown Prevents Him From Sweeping Kendrick Lamar has been having an incredible start to 2025, and it should come as no surprise that he keeps cleaning up at awards shows.
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News J. Cole, Drake to Premiere 'In the Morning' Video on Feb. 14 All the ladies in the back: Scream! J. Cole is teaming up with Drake to make a video for their 'Friday Night Lights' collaboration 'In the Morning.' The video is actually set to drop on Feb. 14, so fans can think of it as the ultimate Valentine.
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Original Content 35 Artists To Follow On Snapchat Step your Snapchat game up by following some rap and R&B stars.
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Music Young Thug Meets With The Same Rabbi Kanye West Apologized To It's unclear why Young Thug met up with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, but Kanye West's conversation with him gave fans some possible ideas.
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