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27 of our 30 albums charted number one on Billboard’s Hip and R&B or Rap charts for atleast 1 week. Nicki Minaj dropped in 2014 despite appearing on the January 2015 charts. Our albums were ranked according to three criteria: Attention Grabbing It’s not about whether we liked...
Beef: It’s what’s on Twitter. Tuesday night & early Wednesday morning, Meek Mill’s Twitter became the very definition of zero chill. He accused Drake of using ghostwriters, and Rick Ross, OG Maco, Boi-1da, Roscoe Dash, Questlove, and Chrissy Teigan jumped in with their thoughts. The Rant After sharing a few choice words about girlfriend...
A tragedy took place on Queens Boulevard at 4am Saturday night/Sunday morning. Coke Boys up-and-comer Chinx (formerly known as Chinx Drugz) was reportedly shot in his car when another car droving ride alongside them fired into his vehicle. Chinx and and another passenger who has not yet been named were...
Last night, I mentioned how my favorite player (yeah, I said it) in the NBA, DeMarcus ‘Boogie’ Cousins might have something to look forward to with new Coach—George Karl running things in Sac-Town. Today, I switch over to someone who’s absolutely balling off the court…MMG’s fire-spitter, Meek Mill. ...
TV personality Nadeska Alexis breaks down the fall-out from Kendrick Lamar’s controversial verse with KTB. Courtesy of XXL: Control It was the verse that woke up the rap game and made everyone start looking around and eyeing each other uncomfortably; King Kendrick, still on the ascent...