Stereogum — XXXTentacion posthumously tops the Billboard Hot 100, as his single "Sad!" jumps from #52 to #1 for its first week atop the chart. The song, which had first peaked at #7 on March 31, reaches the summit after the rapper/singer died June 18 at age 20 a... more info

New York Post — From 2Pac vs. the Notorious B.I.G. to Jay-Z vs. Nas to Lil’ Kim vs. Foxy Brown, the history of rap is full of juicy beefs. Now Drake and Pusha-T have been fueling the flames of this fiery hip-hop tradition with their back-and-forth battle. The feud... more info

NME — This looks promising... Tupac and Biggie Smalls The first trailer has arrived for Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker’s new drama about the murders of Biggie and Tupac …Continue reading » The post City of Lies: Watch the first trailer for Joh... more info

Stereogum — Despite his domestic abuse allegations, Johnny Depp continues to get cast in movies and one of his next roles is in City Of Lies. He portrays Russell Poole, the Los Angeles Police Department detective who investigated the murder of The Notorious B.I.... more info

TMZ — ON TODAY'S SHOW 'Survivor' Contestants Make $5 Mil Violation  UFC Star Defends Waterboarding Video Damon Wayans Trashes Lethal Weapon Costar Notorious B.I.G.: Rap Mogul Warned Biggie Before Murder  more info

TMZ — Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy got a surprise visit in L.A. from Rap-A-Lot Records CEO James Prince -- just a few weeks before Biggie's murder -- and the conversation could have saved his life ... TMZ has learned. The meeting went down in February 1997,�... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Full Stop examined the similarities between Frank O'Hara's poetry and Notorious B.I.G.'s lyrics. TIFF shared a primer on David Bowie's film career. March's best eBook deals. Noisey reconsidered Foals' debut album Antidotes ten years after its release... more info

Guardian Music — The New York rapper, who collaborated with Sean Combs, the Notorious BIG and LL Cool J, died of heart failureCraig Mack, the New York rapper who scored a 1994 hit with Flava in Ya Ear, has died of heart failure, aged 46.Mack grew up in Brentwood, Lon... more info

NME — The rap icons were killed in separate drive-by shootings in 1996 and 1997 respectively Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac in 1993 A collector is currently selling the cars that Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. were shot and killed in. The two …Continue ... more info

Guardian Music — In trading his sunlit humour for tedious boasts, the rap star has only succeeded in giving more ammunition to his many criticsLil Yachty recently pronounced himself “devastated” by the lukewarm critical and commercial reaction to his 2017... more info