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Music Robbie Pardlo, City High Co-Founder and R&B Vocalist, Dead at 46 City High, including Robbie Pardlo, Ryan Toby, and Claudette Ortiz, were the first new acts by Wyclef Jean in 2001. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Relationships Young Thug Continues To Receive Disapproval From Mariah The Scientist Fans Following Innocent Vacation Post Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist have faced a lot of skepticism from fans about their relationship and that continues with this post. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025
Music Nessa Diab Clarifies She Respects Jay-Z As An Artist, But Alleged Smear Campaign Against Her Husband, Colin Kaepernick, Was Wrong Nessa Diab joined Nicki Minaj in speaking out about Roc Nation after Minaj began tweeting about legal claims against Desiree Perez. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music Travis Scott & JACKBOYS Turn It Up On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update This week's "Fire Emoji" update features Travis Scott and JACKBOYS, Raekwon, Young Nudy, Freddie Gibbs, and The Alchemist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Confirms A KAYTRANADA Joint Album Is Next Following "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs's run of single producer/rapper albums has been extraordinary and this KAYTRANADA tape should continue it. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Taunts Kodak Black By Linking With Mellow Rackz Again On A New Song Kodak Black began this back-and-forth by trashing the songs NBA YoungBoy released as placeholders before his new album drops. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025
Music CyHi Defends Kanye West Despite Past Controversies CyHi and Kanye West have multiple collaborations under their belts, including "So Appalled" and "Christmas In Harlem." By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music Ray Vaughn Scathingly Reacts To Joey Bada$$' New Single "ABK" Joey Bada$$ and Ray Vaughn joined many other MCs in an East Coast and West Coast rap battle earlier this year, and they led the charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Vows To Never Switch Up On Drake Following Their London Hangouts Drake has maybe been Sexyy Red's biggest fan, and she's reciprocated his support by firmly planting her flag in his camp. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025
Music Drake Gets Annihilated Online For Linking Up With ian With the stigma surrounding Drake thanks in part to Kendrick Lamar, the internet is having a field day with this ian link up. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025
Politics Democratic Party References "Not Like Us" To Blast Donald Trump's Jeffery Epstein Controversy Many fans have speculated that this will help Drake's defamation case against UMG for releasing the Kendrick Lamar diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music Clipse React To The Alleged Shade Justin Bieber Threw On "Let God Sort Em Out" Clipse's "Let God Sort Em Out" is taking over rap album of the year conversations, but Justin Bieber allegedly wasn't feeling it. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025