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May 19 2021
Legendary Comedian Paul Mooney Has Passed Away
By DJ Suspence
Paul Mooney, best known for his collaborations with Richard Pryor, passed away today of an apparent heart attack at the age of 79. CNN contributor Roland Martin was one of the first to break the news, as…
Read moreMay 18 2021
Drake Got the Chickens
By: King Acklin
Drake may now start going by the 6 Plant-Based God. Bloomberg reports that the Canadian rapper is reportedly part of a group of investors that raised $40 million for Daring Foods Inc. The Los Angeles based company…
Read moreMay 17 2021
Fat Joe Confirms He No Longer Controls Big Pun’s Catalog
Terror Squad boss Fat Joe recently sat down with the “Drink Champs” podcast and revealed that he turned over the rights to the late Big Pun’s music to his family.
After an almost two decade long dispute…
Read moreMay 16 2021
Cole + Diddy + Kendrick
By: King Acklin
It’s finally Off-Season time and with that comes a lot of different things for J. Cole. The rapper has found himself busy these days, from playing professional ball with the African basketball league to dealing with reactions…
Read moreMay 15 2021
Chance The Rapper Wants To Make A Hood Reboot of A Classic Christmas Movie.
By Amoré King
Chance The Rapper wants to reboot a classic American Christmas film. Speaking with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Chance stated that he would like to see a "hood" version of Home Alone Made.
"Since I…
Read moreMay 14 2021
Judge Sentences Producer Mally Mall For Involvement in Years Long Prostitution Ring
By: Bri Renee
Hip-hop producer Mally Mall, most recently known for making multiple appearances on Love & Hip-hop: Hollywood, has learned his fate after pleading guilty to being involved in a 12-year long prostitution ring back in 2019.
On Thursday…
Read moreMay 13 2021
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to Induct Tina Turner, LL Cool J, and Jay-Z
By: Bri Renee
The 36th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set to take place live in Cleveland, Ohio on October 30 of this year. Of the 13 inductees, music icon Tina Turner and rap legends…
Read moreMay 12 2021
Joe Budden Fires Podcast Co-host During Podcast
By DJ Suspence
Recently “The Joe Budden Podcast” hosts Rory and Mal took a brief hiatus from the show, and even returned back to the show shortly after. However it looks to have been a temporary band-aid that brought…
Read moreMay 11 2021
DMX-Exodus Album Coming Soon
By: King Acklin
Prior to the rap icon’s death last month, it was rumored that DMX had completed his latest project. The long-anticipated 8th studio album from Dark Man X had long been talked about for a few years…
Read moreMay 9 2021
HOV = NFT
By: King Acklin
Jay-Z continues to conduct big business even while spitting dope verses in his 50s. The rapper/business mogul is among a group of investors that raised a $19 million dollar funding round for Bitski, a new start-up…
Read moreMay 8 2021
Mac Miller's Estate Slams Unauthorized Biography Writer
By Amoré King
The estate of deceased rapper Mac Miller has a lot to say about the author of his unauthorized biography. Mac Miller has new music coming but not a new book. From a post on Instagram, the…
Read moreMay 7 2021
New Music From XXXTENTACION To Be Released Via NFT
By: Bri Renee
XXXTENTACION’s former manager and his estate, run by his mother, are planning to release new music from the late rapper on Monday, May 10th via NFT. This move puts the rapper among many others putting their music…
Read moreMay 5 2021
Michael Jackson’s Estate Wins Big In Tax Case
By DJ Suspence
The estate of Michael Jackson just scored a huge win in their tax case with the IRS (Internal Revenue Service).
The IRS determined that the ‘King of Pop’’s estate, at the time of his passing in 2009…
Read moreMay 4 2021
Yes, It Is Off-Season Time For J. Cole?
By: King Acklin
Apparently, the rumblings were true indeed. Two days after asking, Is It Off-Season Time For J. Cole?, we have our answer. The answer came from the man himself. Cole announced today that his new Off-Season album…
Read moreMay 3 2021
The Cash Is Still Coming In For Cash Money
By DJ Suspence
During a sit-down with Wallo from the popular “Million Dollaz Worth of Game Podcast”, Cash Money CEO Birdman revealed how much revenue is generated via the imprints master recordings.
“We license the music, I just started…
Read moreMay 2 2021
Is It Off-Season Time for J. Cole?
By: King Acklin
After hearing last month that new Kendrick Lamar music may be coming soon; we’ve now heard rumblings about new J. Cole music as well. Aside from the Dreamville compilation project in 2019, we last got solo Cole…
Read moreMay 1 2021
Lil Baby has a new Rap alias.
By Amoré King
Rapper Lil Baby has a newly self christened rap moniker and the internet is divided. Lil Baby, popular for songs such as "The Bigger Picture" and "Whoa" took to Instagram on Saturday May 1st to break the…
Read moreApr 30 2021
Billboard Announces 2021 Nominees
By: Bri Renee
The 2021 Billboard Music Award Finalists were announced via an exclusive live stream that aired on the social media pages of BBMA, NBC, Billboard, and E!. The BBMAs celebrate the most successful musicians and artists of…
Read moreApr 30 2021
DJ Khaled reunites Nas and JAY Z for new "Sorry Not Sorry" single and video
By Amoré King
DJ Khaled is back again. He released his brand new album entitled "Khaled Khaled". With features like Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Dababy, Lil Baby, Bryson Tiller, H.E.R. and more DJ Khaled is no stranger to working with…
Read moreApr 29 2021
Lil' Kim to Release Memoir “The Queen Bee” This Fall
By: Bri Renee
The Queen Bee herself, Lil Kim, announced via People.com that she will be penning a memoir in the near future. The book will cover the rapper’s 30-year career in the music industry. The hip-hop legend will openly…
Read moreApr 28 2021
Kodak Black Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault
By DJ Suspence
In court today (April 28th) in Florence, South Carolina, Florida rapper Kodak Black reached a plea deal for sexually assaulting a high school student, during a 2016 incident when he was 21 years old.
Today he pled…
Read moreApr 27 2021
Hip-Hop Making Surgeons Better
By: King Acklin
Music not only soothes the savage beast; it also makes doctors in the operating room (OR) more efficient. Researchers from Heidelberg University Medical School in Germany performed a study on surgeons and the effects different music genres…
Read moreApr 26 2021
Soulja Boy Returns to Top of Billboard Chart
By DJ Suspence
The “Crank Dat” rapper Soulja Boy has scored his latest number one Billboard hit with his latest single “She Make It Clap”. The single has just made it No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Triller US chart.
“She…
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