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Fat Joe says Big Daddy Kane “saved” him from having to launch into a key freestyle moment alongside 2Pac and Biggie. The moment in question was discussed at length in the recent premiere of the new podcast Iconic Records, hosted by Angie Martinez. Preceding it around the 21:40 mark in the video below was a […]

N.O.R.E. and Cam’ron appear to back on good terms.  The Queens native shared on Twitter Monday that he had a conversation with Cam where the two were able to come to an understanding.  “Just spoke to cam we good!!!” the Drink Champs co-host wrote. Cam responded by sharing the tweet on his own Instagram Stories, adding a series of hearts and […]

This story was originally published on April 20, 2023. Amid the critical and commercial success of Beef, disturbing comments made by one of its actors in 2014 have resurfaced and derailed what had previously been a positive discussion of the show.  David Choe, the artist and multi-hyphenate who plays Isaac, cousin to Steven Yeun’s Danny […]

Joe Budden has fired back at his former co-hosts, Rory and Mal, after the pair criticized the former for being ranked No. 1 on Complex’s Hip Hop Media Power Ranking list. During the latest episode of the New Rory & Mal Podcast, the duo ripped Budden, referencing their past financial issues which ultimately led to the trio’s demise. “The […]

A new report from Bloomberg alleges less than 10 percent of a $100 million diversity fund created by Spotify last year has been used.  The Creator Equity Fund was established at a time when Joe Rogan’s reported $200 million deal with Spotify came under heavy public scrutiny for allowing guests to come on The Joe Rogan Experience and spread misinformation regarding the […]

A new podcast is taking an investigative look at the unsolved murders carried out in the early 1970s by a Washington D.C.-area serial killer known as the Freeway Phantom. The new series from Tenderfoot TV, iHeartPodcasts, and Jay Ellis’ Black Bar Mitzvah spans 10 episodes and is hosted by journalist Celeste Headlee. In a statement, Headlee—who’s been […]

Amazon Music has announced the launch of two new flagship music-based shows, the hip-hop focused Rotation Roundtable and Latin pop culture offering La Semanal Live. Rotation Roundtable will be both livestreamed via Twitch and available as a 60-minute podcast, and is inspired by the Rap Rotation and R&B Rotation playlists. The hosts include Speedy Morman, Nyla Symone, Gabe P, […]

A woman and her husband were fatally shot this week after a stalker who the couple previously filed a restraining order against broke into their home. ABC News reports the female victim, a podcaster, befriended the suspect, 38-year-old Ramin Khodakaramrezaei, after he reached out to her after he became a fan of her podcasts. According to […]

Joe Rogan has landed himself in hot water after voicing anti-Semitic tropes on his widely popular Spotify podcast. While speaking to MSNBC contributor Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjet, the Joe Rogan Experience host referenced a tweet from Rep. Ilhan Omar, who in 2019 tweet claimed that Israel’s defenders in the U.S. were motivated by money. “It’s all about the Benjamins […]

Flavor Flav is looking back on the height of his addiction, saying in a recent podcast interview that he spent as much as $2,600 per day on drugs at one point in his life. On an episode of Spotify’s Off the Record with DJ Akademiks initially shared last week, Flav reflected on how he “maintained” himself […]