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Kanye West has filed his response to Kim Kardashian’s divorce proposal, according to TMZ, and is asking for joint custody of their four children, just as Kim also proposed.  The news comes nearly two months after Kim initially filed for divorce on Feb. 19, with neither of them reportedly listing a date of separation on […]

Lil Snupe’s promising career was tragically cut short when he was murdered in 2013 at just 18 years old. While the music world has had time to mourn his death in the open, Lil Snupe’s father Charlie Brown was incarcerated at the time of his death. Now that he’s a free man, Brown was able to finally visit […]

Coming off the heels of a Grammy nomination, Chika said she’s decided to step away from music because of the “mental toll” of the music industry. In a message posted on her Twitter Sunday, which was titled “It’s really cool watching the world not give a fuck and paint you as a villian,” Chika said she can no longer […]

Legendary rapper/actor DMX suffered a heart attack on April 2 that left him in a coma for days until he passed away on April 9. He was 50 years old. During the week that he was hospitalized, fans filled their social media timelines with their favorite memories and stories about the rapper. The chart-topping hip-hop […]

50 Cent has weighed in on the rumored romance between his baby mama Daphne Joy and fellow hip-hop mogul Diddy.  Earlier this week, paparazzi photos showed Diddy hanging out with the 34-year-old model/actress in Miami, igniting speculation that the two were in a relationship. Of course, many fans assumed Fif would feel some type of way about […]

Azealia Banks took to Instagram hours after the death of DMX to discuss an issue pertaining to the late rapper, who she said was “crying out for help.” Banks accuses the music industry of attempting to sabotage an artist by profiting as much as possible without considering their well-being, adding, “You have somebody like DMX, who, for so long, was crying […]

“We lost a real giant.” In the wake of DMX’s untimely death, his longtime friend and collaborator Swizz Beatz shared an emotional video reflecting on X’s life. The Grammy-winning producer specifically spoke on X’s character, remembering the legend for his selfish, humble, and loving nature. “My brother was a different type of brother—a different type of artist, a different type […]

Last year, Dimarjio Antonio Jenkins, best known as Toronto rapper Houdini, was shot dead at just 21. Today, his legacy lives on in a brand new music video for his song “Part of Me.” Co-directed by Houdini himself before his untimely death, along with Michael Vincent, the visual features trippy, fast-cut clips of the emcee performing the song in a […]

DMX rhymed from his soul in gritty growl that revealed both the toughness in his spirit and the pain in his life. He was a rap legend who became a dominant figure in the late ’90s after releasing both his debut and sophomore albums in 1998 and his third album in 1999. All three debuted […]

In continuation of a theme that’s materialized over the past week since news of his hospitalization first broke, fans of DMX have assembled a makeshift memorial wall outside of White Plains Hospital to honor the late hip-hop icon in the hours following his death. Things that fans have contributed to the tribute include: flowers, lit […]