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NEWS

Kendrick Lamar Wins “Record Of The Year” For “Not Like Us” At 2025 Grammys

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Kendrick Lamar wins “Record Of The Year” for his smash hit “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammys. The Compton rapper’s Drake diss track won

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The Weeknd Unveils Cinematic “Open Hearts” Visual

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The Weeknd has unveiled the cinematic music video for “Open Hearts.” The visual shows the Canadian superstar being rushed somewhere in an ambulance before arriving

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Beyoncé Announces The “Cowboy Carter Tour”

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Beyoncé is taking her Grammy-winning “Cowboy Carter” album on the road. The R&B superstar has revealed to fans that she has big plans to perform

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Here Are The 2025 Grammy Winners

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The 2025 Grammy Awards went down yesterday (February 2) with Trevor Noah returning to host the annual ceremony that’s taking place at the Crypto.com Arena.

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Big Boi

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Happy Birthday to Big Boi, who turns 50 today. He was born on February 1, 1975 in Savannah, GA.

NEWS RELEASES

The Weeknd Drops New Album “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

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The Weeknd is closing another chapter with his brand new album “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” The XO artist released the LP today (January 31), just a

NEWS

GloRilla Announces 2025 Dates For “The Glorious Tour”

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GloRilla is hitting the road. The Grammy-nominated raptress is set to go on tour this spring following the release of her critically acclaimed debut album,

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Kid Cudi

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Happy Birthday to Kid Cudi, who turns 41 today. He was born on January 30, 1984 in Cleveland, OH.

NEWS VIDEOS

Latto And Playboi Carti Take Aim At Their Enemies In “Blick Sum” Remix Video

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Playboi Carti has joined forces with Latto for a remix of her “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” cut entitled “Blick Sum.” “On the Southside coolin’ with

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Central Cee Taps Lil Durk For “Truth In The Lies” Music Video

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Central Cee taps Lil Durk for his blazing “Truth In The Lies” music video. Directed by Jerry Productions, the visual largely consisted of footage before

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday J. Cole

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Happy Birthday to J. Cole, who turns 40 today. He was born on January 28, 1985 in Frankfurt, Germany.

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Rick Ross

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Happy Birthday to Rick Ross, who turns 49 today. He was born on January 28, 1976 in Clarksdale, MS.

NEWS

Rapper DJ Unk’s Cause Of Death Revealed

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Two days after the death of DJ Unk, his wife has revealed the cause of his passing. Sherkita Long-Platt confirmed to TMZ that the Atlanta

NEWS VIDEOS

Chris Brown Shares Official Music Video For Love Ballad “Residuals”

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Chris Brown has shared the official music video for his love ballad “Residuals”. Directed by Travis Colbert, the blazing visual sees Breezy pouring his heart

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OhGeesy Announces New Album “Paid N Full”

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OhGeesy has announced his new album entitled “Paid N Full” The multi-platinum Los Angeles rapper‘s fourth studio album is on the way but the news

NEWS

Mac Miller’s “Balloonerism” Debuts At #3 On Billboard 200

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Mac Miller‘s new posthumous album, “Balloonerism”, debuts at #3 on Billboard 200. Over a decade after its creation, the anticipated project opens with a total

NEWS

DJ Unk Dies At Age 43

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Atlanta artist DJ Unk, known for his smash hit “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” died at the age of 43. Several family members and

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Travis Scott Officially Drops “4X4” Music Video

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Travis Scott has officially revealed the official music video for “4X4”. “4X4” is the official theme song for Netflix’s WWE Raw and continues to explore

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Ice Cube Shares Surprise Remix Of “It’s My Ego” Featuring Scarface

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Lench Mob Records is excited to release “It’s My Ego (3Mix),” a groundbreaking collaboration between two of Hip-Hop’s most iconic figures: Ice Cube and Scarface.

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Sexyy Red And Bruno Mars Join Forces For Raunchy “Fat, Juicy & Wet” Video

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The new strip club anthem is here. Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars join forces to release their brand new single “Fat Juicy & Wet.” The

NEWS RELEASES

Atlanta Rapper Hunxho Drops New Project “For Us”

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Rising East Atlanta rapper Hunxho kicks off 2025 and another sonic season with a new project entitled “For Us,” out now via 300 Entertainment. Still

R.I.P.

R.I.P. DJ Unk

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Today, atlanta artist DJ Unk, known for his smash hit “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” died at the age of 43. Several family members

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Xxxtentacion

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Happy Birthday to Xxxtentacion, who would have turned 27 today. He was born on January 23, 1998 in Plantation, FL. R.I.P.

GOSSIP NEWS

Soulja Boy Attacks Drake: “Stay In Canada”

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Soulja Boy isn’t letting up on Drake. The Chicago rapper has taken aim at Drizzle in a new video posted to social media, telling him

NEWS

Mustard Reveals Rappers Who Turned Down His Popular Kendrick Lamar Beat

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DJ Mustard has shared that multiple rappers passed on the instrumental for Kendrick Lamar‘s “GNX” track “Hey Now.” During an interview with People, the prolific

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Logic

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Happy Birthday to Logic, who turns 35 today. He was born on January 22, 1990 in Rockville, MD.

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Jam Master Jay

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Happy Birthday to Jam Master Jay, who would have turned 60 today. He was born on January 21, 1965 in Brooklyn, NY. R.I.P.

NEWS VIDEOS

Joey Badass Takes Aim At Westcoast Rappers On “Sorry Not Sorry”

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Joey Badass takes aim at Westcoast rappers and J. Cole on his new song entitled “Sorry Not Sorry.” The track, produced by Conductor Williams and

GOSSIP NEWS

Sexyy Red Shares Weird AI Photo Of Her Dancing With Martin Luther King Jr.

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Sexyy Red seems to be obsessed with Martin Luther King Jr. The St. Louis raptress shared two AI-generated images on her social media on Martin

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Blueface

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Happy Birthday to Blueface, who turns 28 today. He was born on January 20, 1997 in Los Angeles, CA.