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Music UnoTheActivist Clarifies Playboi Carti Family Ties: "We Are Not Real Cousins" UnoTheActivist says he doesn't think he could ever patch things up with Playboi Carti, also revealing that they are not actually cousins. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music Machine Gun Kelly Reveals "Tickets To My Downfall" Release Date Machine Gun Kelly continues his quest to bring back pop-punk, revealing the release date to his new album "Tickets To My Downfall." By Mitch Findlay August 07, 2020
Music Drake Claps Back At Mavado Following Mavado's diss track against him, Drake retaliated by taunting the dancehall artist with some belittling words. By Mitch Findlay August 07, 2020
Pop Culture Terry Crews Reacts To Rick Ross Diss On New Song Terry Crews feels "FAMOUS" after Rick Ross dissed him on his new song "Pinned To The Cross." By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music Rick Ross Isn't Sure About Kanye West Anymore: "It Ain't Looking Good" Rick Ross wants to have a conversation with Kanye West about some of the things he's been saying lately, keeping an eye out for his phone call. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Pop Culture The "Cancel Culture" Vicious Circle: From Doja Cat To 6ix9ine Many debates have been had over the merits of "cancel culture," but how do these moments of outrage actually affect artists' numbers? By Noah John August 07, 2020
Politics Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" Video Trashed By Congressman In Viral Tweet James P. Bradley, a Republican running for Congress, said he "accidentally" watched the new video from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion and was subsequently destroyed on Twitter. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music Kanye West & Drake Verzuz Battle Teased By Swizz Beatz: Who Would Win? Swizz Beatz is trying to manifest a future episode of Verzuz with Drake and Kanye West facing off against each other. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music YBN Nahmir Says YBN Cordae & YBN Almighty Jay No Longer Associate With Him The YBN Crew is no longer a thing as YBN Nahmir has announced that YBN Cordae and YBN Almighty Jay have both gone their separate ways. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music 2 Chainz Announces New Album, Swoops Up Kanye West's Old Title 2 Chainz announces his new album "So Help Me God," which was originally Kanye West's title for "The Life Of Pablo." By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music Cardi B Breaks Down "WAP," Megan Thee Stallion, & X-Rated Bars Following the release of her new single "WAP," Cardi B sits down with The Breakfast Club to talk Megan Thee Stallion, Kulture, and more. By Mitch Findlay August 07, 2020
Music 2 Chainz Explains Why Rick Ross Verzuz Battle Was So Tense & "Lazy" 2 Chainz and Rick Ross' Verzuz battle was pretty low-energy last night and Chainz is explaining why that may have been. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020