Original Content Black Excellence In Hip Hop History: Mics, Movements, & Milestones We're closing out Black History Month 2025 looking back on cultural milestones that broke barriers, redefined culture, & proved Hip Hop's dominance.
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Erika Marie
Music Unsolved Cases Of 7 Murdered Rappers As tragedies continues to rip through the hip-hop community, here are 7 unsolved cases of prominent murdered rappers.
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Jhanaya Belle
Relationships Rev Run & Justine Simmons Relationship Timeline The literal definition of couple goals.
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Demi Phillips
Music Ready Ron Denies DMX's Claims He Exposed Rapper To Drugs Last year, DMX told Talib Kweli he'd never tried drugs until Ron allegedly secretly laced a blunt with crack cocaine when he was 14.
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Erika Marie
Music Boldy James Explains How He's Related To Snoop Dogg The art of the MC runs thick in Boldy's blood.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
Music How "Yo! MTV Raps" Defined A Generation Of Hip Hop The classic TV show awarded fans an up close view into Hip Hop’s finest.
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Demi Phillips
Original Content Run D.M.C.'s Iconic "Raising Hell" Turns 37 Celebrate 37 years of Run D.M.C's groundbreaking album "Raising Hell" & its lasting influence Hip Hop culture & music at large.
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Erika Marie
Sneakers Wale’s Air Max Goadome Might Be His Rarest Project Yet The Wale x Nike Air Max Goadome Friends & Family boot brings luxury details and deep DMV storytelling to the rugged Goadome silhouette.
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Ben Atkinson
TV 7 Rap OGs Who Starred On Their Own Reality TV Show Step into the surreal world of 7 rap OGs in reality TV, where larger-than-life personas meet everyday challenges.
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Marvin J
Music Jam Master Jay's Alleged Killer Gets Conviction Overturned A jury found Karl Jordan Jr. guilty for murdering Jam Master Jay almost two years ago, along with another suspect named Ronald Washington.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
Original Content Run-DMC's Greatest Hits Run D.M.C. is one of the most legendary groups in Hip-Hop history. From "It's Tricky" to "My Adidas," here's a look at the group's greatest hits.
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Josh Megson
Music Andre 3000, GloRilla, Run-DMC, & More React To Their Grammy Nominations The 2025 program should be a lot of fun.
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Zachary Horvath
Music Rev Run Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Run DMC Legend Discover Rev Run's net worth in 2024, built through his legendary Run DMC career, solo work, TV appearances, and business ventures.
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Jake Skudder
Music Jam Master Jay's Alleged Murderer Appeals Conviction There's been a development in the Jam Master Jay murder case.
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Elias Andrews
Music MC Ren Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rap Icon Discover MC Ren's journey from Compton and N.W.A. to hip-hop magnate and his enduring impact on the music scene.
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Axl Banks
Music The History Of Russell Simmons & Def Jam: How He & Rick Rubin Established Hip-Hop's First Powerhouse Label A prolific rise, to a highly controversial exit.
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Demi Phillips
Music Nicki Minaj Concerns Barbz With Latest "Boob"-Centric Livestream On IG The Trinidadian MC is just having some fun on IG Live, but considering her previous activity, fans are starting to worry a little more.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
News Ice Cube Explains Lil Eazy-E's Absence In The N.W.A Biopic, Casts MC Ren And DJ Yella Roles Ice Cube says that they gave Lil Eazy-E "a shot" to play his father in the upcoming N.W.A biopic, but "it just didn't work out."
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Patrick Lyons
Music Jam Master Jay Case: Third Murder Suspect Could Avoid Trial With Plea Deal Jay Bryant is accused of letting Jam Master Jay's killers into the recording studio where he was shot.
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Caroline Fisher
Music Mustard Laughs At McDonald's Post Over New K.Dot Shout Out McD's joins in on the fun at Mustard's expense.
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Bryson "Boom" Paul
Music Jam Master Jay Murder Suspect Claims To Have Evidence To Prove His Innocence One of the suspects in Jam Master Jay's killing will be tried separately.
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Cole Blake
Original Content Travie McCoy On Working With Drake & Lil Wayne, Tyga Relationship & The Future Of Gym Class Heroes Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy discusses his influence on the new generation, his leaked collab with The Alchemist & Lil Wayne, battling addiction, and his thoughts on Machine Gun Kelly's foray into pop-punk.
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Aron A.
Music Chris Rock Shares He Was A DJ Before Comedy Career While Honoring Rap Legends He spoke on the cultural significance of Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys.
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Erika Marie
Sports Cam'ron & Mase Question LeBron James' Relationship With Brian Windhorst LeBron James called ESPN's Brian Windhorst "weird" on Pat McAfee's show, one of a few LBJ media conflicts Cam'ron and Mase reacted to.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
Music Travie McCoy Says Machine Gun Kelly's Pop-Punk Era "Threw Me For A Loop" Travie McCoy calls Machine Gun Kelly "one of the dopest rappers out" but explains his hesitancy towards MGK's pop-punk record.
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Aron A.
Crime Jam Master Jay: Third Man Arrested In The Shooting Case Of Run-DMC Legend Prosecutors claim the man was spotted entering the building of the studio before Jam Master Jay was fatally shot in 2002.
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Aron A.
Music Yasiin Bey, F.K.A. Mos Def, Gives Andre 3000 Flute Track A Rap Verse At Dubai Show The legendary MC isn't the first to give a hip-hop spin to "New Blue Sun," but he might just be the best to do it so far.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
News Machine Gun Kelly Voted MTV's Hottest Breakthrough MC Of 2011 Hate it or love it, the underdog is on top! Since he first began to make noise with his 2010 mixtape Lace Up, Machine Gun Kelly has worked his way into hip-hop's collective consciousness. It wasn't always pretty (see MGK's August flash-mob arrest or his tiff with Yelawolf), but it's always been passionate.
Now, thanks to that passion, Machine Gun Kelly can stand alone as MTV News' Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2011, it was revealed on "RapFix Live."
Movies Mac Miller's Brother Calls Out MGK Over New Movie: "F*ck You" Mac Miller's brother Miller McCormick is seemingly upset about Machine Gun Kelly's upcoming movie "Good News", which is based on the life of a troubled musician.
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Alex Zidel
Original Content Should Today's Hip-Hop Artists Study The Past? In light of MC Ren's claims that rappers need to be aware of their past to qualify as "artists", we take a look at the validity of that statement and see if it holds weight in today's industry.
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Robert Blair
Sneakers Reebok Releasing Predator-Inspired Sneaker For Film's Release Reebok introduces the DMX Run 10 "Predator."
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Kyle Rooney
Movies Denzel Washington's "The Equalizer 3": What We Know Denzel Washington’s amazing run as Robert McCall is coming to an explosive close!
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Demi Phillips
Music 6ix9ine Forced To Cough Up $250K For Skipping D.C. Concert Apparently, 6ix9ine ran off with $60K from D.C. promoters and ditched his 2018 commitment to perform in New Jersey instead.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
Sports Cam'ron Labels Doc Rivers An "Uncle Tom" As Glen Davis Reflects On His Clippers Career It's far from the first time Cam'ron has trolled Doc Rivers.
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Cole Blake
Music Cam'ron And Ma$e Choose DMX Over Tupac As The Better Rapper, Fans Weigh In Two greats debate between two icons.
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Zachary Horvath
Crime Travis McMichael Testifies That Ahmaud Arbery Was "Just Running" Before Fatal Shooting The defendant said that he brandished his gun in order to "de-escalate" the situation, despite Arbery never having made any threats nor displaying a weapon.
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Nancy Jiang
Sports Kendrick Perkins Jokes About How Doc Rivers Ruined His Career: Watch Perkins always comes with the jokes.
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Alexander Cole
Sneakers “The Predator” Reebok DMX Run 10 Available Now Predator-inspired Reeboks releasing today in celebration of new film.
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Kyle Rooney
Music Dave East's Ready To Run A Fade On Anyone DM'ing His Baby Mama Looks like Dave East and Millie are back on good terms as they vacation in Dominican Republic.
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Aron A.
Pop Culture LisaRaye McCoy Airs Out Ari Fletcher & Other "Immature" Influencers Following Gun Comments The actress called Fletcher's questionable domestic violence comments "out of line and out of place."
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Hayley Hynes
News Jay-Z Admits to Shooting His Brother as a Youth As Jay-Z celebrates the release of his new book, 'Decoded,' the Brooklyn MC is also shedding some emotional weight hanging over him by disclosing details about the childhood shooting of his brother. Jay, born Shaun Carter, opened fire on his drug-addicted brother at the age of 12, reports The Guardian.
In The Guardian's 'Weekend' magazine, the Roc Nation head honcho admits he pulled the gun's trigger after his older sibling stole a ring from him. "I thought my life was over," Jay-Z reveals. "I thought I'd go to jail forever."
Sports Conor McGregor Gunning For Floyd Mayweather Rematch: "I Would Win" McGregor isn't exactly being humble here.
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Alexander Cole
Music Run-DMC Icon Wants Rappers To Address Addiction & Mental Health In Music "Imagine if Q-Tip, Big Daddy Kane and Rakim OD’d. Every artist from Ice Cube to De La Soul would’ve made records addressing the issue," said DMC.
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Erika Marie
Original Content A History Of Top Rap/Rock Collaborations The history of rap/hip-hop and rock collaborations goes way back to Run DMC's "Walk This Way" featuring Aerosmith released in 1986. Artists from these two music genres have come together over the years to create some pretty killer tracks. However, while some of these team efforts seemed like a good idea, not all of them produced stellar results.
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Vanessa Oswald
Entertainment White Man Pulls Gun On Black High-School Students In Minnesota McDonalds A McDonald's employee told the kids to "get the f**k out."
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Brynjar Chapman
Sports Anderson Silva Gunning For Conor McGregor Super Fight Silva is still going strong at 44 years old.
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Alexander Cole
Music Yung Miami Responds To Diss Track Chicago MC Big Mulla dropped a diss track aimed at the City Girl after she made fun of her looks on Instagram.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
Music Dave East Shares Hilarious Footage Of Him Falling Off A Scooter While Getting Home The New York MC made fun of himself while also taking the chance to plug his friend Millyz's new album.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares
News Machine Gun Kelly Talks Cross-Genre Collabos & Media Clowning DMX Talking about who he will work with in the future, Machine Gun Kelly says he wants to work with artists outside of rap. He then addresses how he feels the media has made a "joke" out of DMX.
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Rose Lilah
Music Jam Master Jay Trial: Late DJ's Son TJ Mizell Reacts To Guilty Verdicts Karl Jordan and Ronald Washington are each facing a minimum of 20 years behind bars.
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Caroline Fisher