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Ballerific Woman: Traci Adams, Executive Vice President of Promotion for Epic Records
Meet Traci Adams, Executive Vice President of Promotion for Epic Records, one of the women breaking barriers in the music...
Read moreDetailsDoes J Cole Respond To Lil Pump On 1985 Intro To The Fall Off?
Lil Pump dissed J Cole, and on 1985 Cole answered with advice instead of shots, telling the young rapper to...
Read moreDetailsKanye West Previews New Album For Charlamagne And Says J Cole Disses Him
Kanye West played his new album for Charlamagne Tha God and told him J Cole keeps dissing him, pointing to...
Read moreDetailsKendrick Lamar Becomes First Rapper To Win Pulitzer Prize For Music
Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for DAMN, the first time the prize went to an artist outside...
Read moreDetailsPhotographer Sues Wu-Tang Clan For $1 Million Over Album Cover Photo
Photographer Warren Patterson is suing Wu-Tang Clan for $1 million, saying he was never paid for an 80 hour shoot...
Read moreDetailsTekashi69 Signs Multimillion Dollar Headphone Deal With TUNES Audio
Tekashi69 signed a $4.9 million headphone deal with TUNES Audio for his own red headphones, with part of every sale...
Read moreDetailsFuture’s Debut Studio Album Pluto Was Released 6 Years Ago Today
Future's debut album Pluto dropped April 13, 2012 with Tony Montana, Magic and Turn On The Lights, and set the...
Read moreDetailsNicki Minaj Opens Up About Cardi B, Drake And Meek Mill In Beats 1 Interview
Nicki Minaj told Zane Lowe what Cardi B said after Motorsport really hurt her, why Quavo would not clear the...
Read moreDetailsDid Nicki Minaj Throw Shots At Remy Ma On Barbie Tingz?
Nicki Minaj dropped Barbie Tingz with lines about hits, disses and a reality show that fans say are aimed straight...
Read moreDetailsChance the Rapper and G Herbo Hint at New Project for Mental Health
Chance the Rapper says he enlisted G Herbo for a mental health project for Chicago coming before May, while the...
Read moreDetailsYouTube to Stream First Weekend of Coachella Lineup Including Beyonce, The Weeknd and Post Malone
YouTube is live streaming the first weekend of Coachella April 13 to 15 with Beyonce, The Weeknd and Post Malone,...
Read moreDetailsNicki Minaj Breaks Her Silence and Announces New Music on Instagram
After months off social media, Nicki Minaj teased a countdown on Twitter then posted cover art for two new releases...
Read moreDetailsPublic Enemy Released Fear of a Black Planet 28 Years Ago Today
Public Enemy released Fear of a Black Planet on Def Jam and Columbia 28 years ago with Fight the Power...
Read moreDetailsCardi B’s Debut Album Goes RIAA Gold on Day One, a First for a Female Artist
Cardi B's debut Invasion of Privacy was certified gold by the RIAA in under 24 hours, making her the first...
Read moreDetailsCardi B Signs Management Deal With QC
Cardi B signed a management deal with QC, the Migos label that Offset is part of, according to Variety, just...
Read moreDetailsToday In Hip Hop History: Tupac’s “Above The Rim” Hit Theaters In 1994
Above the Rim, starring Tupac Shakur, Duane Martin and Marlon Wayans, opened on this day in 1994. See how much...
Read moreDetailsThe Game and 6ix9ine Beef on Social Media Over Gang Affiliations
The Game 6ix9ine beef blew up after Game called him a fake Blood in front of a packed crowd, and...
Read moreDetailsTech N9ne Breaks Record for Most Top 10 Albums on Billboard Rap Chart
Tech N9ne's album Planet gave him his 19th top 10 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart, passing E-40 and Gucci...
Read moreDetailsFormer Bad Boy Rapper Craig Mack Dies at 46 of Heart Failure
Craig Mack, the Bad Boy rapper behind Flava In Ya Ear, died of heart failure at 46. His producer reveals...
Read moreDetailsMariah Carey Says She Doesn’t Give a Damn About the Grammys
Mariah Carey told V Magazine she frankly doesn't care about the Grammys, saying she has five and got screwed out...
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