This year, Black Music Month takes a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Continue Reading
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Khia has turned her focus away from Trina for a few minutes to absolutely destroy Lil Wayne in a recent episode of her web TV series Gag Order. A clip of the Continue Reading
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Portland Trailblazers star and part-time rapper Damian Lillard can add his name to the list of cover athletes for the NBA 2K franchise. 2K Games has revealed Dame D.O.L.L.A. landed Continue Reading
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Freddie Gibbs has upped the ante on his war with Akademiks. On Tuesday (June 30), the recently signed Warner Music Group artist shared a newly pressed “Fuck Akademiks” t-shirt Twitter Continue Reading
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The feud between Akademiks and Freddie Gibbs has brought one of Nipsey Hussle’s old interviews back into the conversation. A clip of the late rapper dissing Akademiks during an appearance Continue Reading
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The moment the cover art for Pop Smoke’s posthumous album Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon was released, Twitter was incensed over Virgil Abloh’s design work. But according Continue Reading
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Freddie Gibbs and Akademiks have been engaged in an online war of words since Monday (June 29). And judging by the consistent social media posts, they aren’t stopping anytime soon. On Continue Reading
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Kendrick Lamar dropped his major label debut good kid, m.A.A.d city in 2012 — and it’s been on the Billboard 200 chart ever since. According to a tweet from Chart Data, Continue Reading
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New York, NY – Any humility Tekashi 6ix9ine showed during Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack and Anthony “Harv” Ellison’s trial last October has seemingly gone out the window. Since his April release Continue Reading
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The Weeknd’s altruism isn’t slowing down. On Monday (June 29), the XO commander donated a whopping total of $1 million with $500,000 going to MusiCares and the other half to Continue Reading
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Plus, North West celebrated her 7th birthday with the fam in Wyoming. Kanye West took to social media on Monday (June 29) to mark the huge family milestone of wife Continue Reading
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Kanye West was a man of his word early Tuesday morning (June 30) when he released his anticipated video, “Wash Us in the Blood,” featuring Travis Scott. At 10:00 a.m. Continue Reading
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New York City, NY – In their smoothest event to date, Verzuz delivered Hip Hop heads an epic verse-for-verse clash between New York City heavyweights Jadakiss and Fabolous on Monday Continue Reading
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New York City, NY – The verse-for-verse Verzuz battle between Fabolous and Jadakiss on Monday (June 29) wasn’t without its moments. In one particular highlight, before playing Jadakiss’ favorite songs, Continue Reading
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It was only a matter of time — hours after Akademiks claimed Freddie Gibbs was “absolutely irrelevant” if Jeezy is, Gibbs and Aks started beefing on Twitter. Akademiks became a Continue Reading
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50 Cent celebrated a monster milestone after his “Patiently Waiting” collaboration with Eminem crossed the 100 million streams mark on Spotify. On Sunday (June 28), the television mogul shared a Continue Reading
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Designer Virgil Abloh has elicited outrage and provided social media with meme material yet again. Less than a month after catching flack for a paltry donation to bail funds for Continue Reading
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Akademiks deemed Freddie Gibbs to be a nonfactor during a discussion about the Warner Records artist’s recent comments on Jeezy’s current musical prominence. In a segment for Complex’s Everyday Struggle, Continue Reading
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Lil Baby‘s been a hustler long before the rap game. In a video clip that went viral on Friday (June 26), Lil Baby’s sister told a story of a time Continue Reading
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Numerous members of the Hip Hop community have tested positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic kicked off in March. The latest rapper to test positive for the virus? Florida’s Tokyo Continue Reading
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