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Music Kim Kardashian Shows Love To Playboi Carti For His "Skims" Lyric On "MUSIC" Playboi Carti is the latest MC to get a shoutout from Kim Kardashian on her Instagram with Tory Lanez being used in her recent Skims promo. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025 2.6K Views
Music Rick Ross Brings Up Lil Durk's Legal Struggles While Encouraging Youth To Avoid Crime While Rick Ross and Lil Durk don't stray from tough topics of street life in their music, they have both tried to make up for their past. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 2.4K Views
Music Jay-Z's Attorney Divulges On How His Lawsuit Debacle Affected Him & His Family The entire amended lawsuit that included Jay-Z was a real fiasco and led to a lot of stress for Hov and his loved ones. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025 1325 Views
Music Ja Rule Wishes He Had Internet During 50 Cent Beef While Addressing Kendrick Lamar & Drake Battle Along with Nas versus Jay-Z, 50 Cent versus Ja Rule and Kendrick Lamar versus Drake rank among hip-hop's most legendary beefs. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 2.0K Views
Music Drake Fires Back At UMG's Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” In January, Drake sued UMG, accusing the company of spreading a malicious narrative by promoting Kendrick Lamar's song "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2025 4.5K Views
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Passionately Debates If Lil Wayne Can Return To Peak Form Lil Wayne will always be one of the most undoubted hip-hop legends, but the Joe Budden panel can't see eye to eye on what he can accomplish. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025 2.6K Views
Music Lil Kim Calls Biggie Smalls' Mother Voletta Wallace Her "Second Mom" In Tender Tribute Biggie Smalls discovered Lil Kim in the early 1990s, and their bond eventually extended to his mother, the late Voletta Wallace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 1.6K Views
Music NFL Takes Fans Behind The Scenes Of Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's continued Billboard Hot 100 dominance with "luther" adds to this post-Super Bowl halftime show interest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 1120 Views
Music Kanye West Claims 50 Cent As "One Of My Favorite People" Amid His Latest Twitter Tirade Amid his handful of explosions on Twitter lately, Kanye West has taken time to give certain figures their props if he feels they deserve it. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025 2.8K Views
Music Tory Lanez Seems To Promise More New Music On The Way In Social Media Message From Prison Tory Lanez just dropped his new album "PETERSON," which he recorded in prison and conceptualized around his incarceration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 1.6K Views
Streetwear 6ix9ine Reveals His Blonde Hair Was Just A Wig For Presumed New Music Announcement 6ix9ine is still under house arrest and dealing with legal trouble following a police raid on his home to verify his probation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 2.3K Views
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Celebrate Another Exciting Milestone Thanks To “Luther” Kendrick Lamar also recently teamed up with Playboi Carti on the performer's anxiously awaited new album, "MUSIC." By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2025 809 Views