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Music Kai Cenat Shares New Look But Fans Skeptical About The Authenticity Of Fresh Haircut Kai Cenat is one of the most influential people in today's pop culture behind the popularity of his Twitch streaming platform. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Tommy Richman Can't Escape Controversy With Mixed Reactions To Snippet Of New Sexyy Red-Featured Song Although "Million Dollar Baby" was Grammy nominated, Tommy Richman's debut album didn't make the Billboard 200 after it's debut release. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Drake Wants Some Luther Vandross With His "Nokia," Using Kanye West's "Slow Jamz" Sample Drake's "Nokia" has raced to the top of the Billboard charts. Dueling against Kendrick Lamar's "luther," the hit sits at #2 this week. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Ashanti Shows Off Her Bootylicious Dance Moves At U.K. Show Ashanti is set to hit the road with her husband, Nelly, on his upcoming Where The Party At? Tour. Ashanti and Nelly were married in 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Admits It Took An Infinite Amount Of Weed To Create "Kush & OJ 2" Wiz Khalifa's Kush & OJ mixtape was his breakout moment in hip-hop as it earned him a spot on the XXL Freshmen Class of 2010. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Bobby Brown Picks Chris Brown Over Usher As The Closet R&B Singer To Today's Michael Jackson Bobby Brown was acknowledged as the "King of R&B" in the 90s for his massive R&B classics "Rock Wit'cha," "Every Little Step," and "Roni." By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music SZA Launches "No Beauty" Cosmetics Ahead Of Kendrick Lamar's The Grand National Tour SZA and Kendrick Lamar's "luther" has held the top spot on the Billboard charts for 8 weeks in a row. Their tour begins this week. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music GloRilla Can't Contain Her Emotions While Receiving Gold & Platinum Plaques Onstage GloRilla thanked her fans for her sky-rocketed success and praised her label CMG for the constant support and dedication. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Too Short Explains Why He Avoided Hanging Out With 2Pac Too Short's currently gearing up to release his first album in five years, "Sir Too Short, Vol 1," on Friday. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music 50 Cent Turns Joe Budden's Own Words Against Him In Latest Instagram Troll This recent flare-up of the 50 Cent and Joe Budden beef stems from the latter's comments about the former's disrespect of Irv Gotti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Akon Plans To Re-Record His Whole Catalog As Country Music With Star-Studded Collaborators Akon says fans will be able to hear the ambitious country music remix idea much sooner than they may think. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Faced His Demons On "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"—And Searched For Peace On "The Life Of Pablo" From the triumphant return from cultural exile on "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" to the chaotic but inspired rollout of "The Life of Pablo," Kanye weathered storm after storm to arrive at a fleeting sense of peace—which may be why he now sees "TLOP" as the superior album, even over what many consider his magnum opus. By Aron A. April 17, 2025