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Justin Bieber really loves his wife, Hailey Bieber, and he’s making it known on his new album, Swag II. One of the tracks, “Love Song,” is about his desire to write one for Hailey. On the chorus, he ...

Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It was an era in which artistic creativity expanded, rivalries emerged, pop ...

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Those wedding bells sound suspiciously like a Taylor Swift song. The pop star, and all-around poet laureate of love, took fans by surprise when she announced her engagement to NFL player Travis Kelce ...