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Music Bokeem Woodbine Recalls 2Pac Unsuccessfully Shooting His Shot At Lucy Liu During a recent interview, Bokeem Woodbine remembered working alongside 2Pac and Lucy Liu on the 1997 film "Gridlock'd." By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025 2.1K Views
Music Lil Nas X Posts Flurry Of Random Images & Snippets Amid Demands Of "DREAMBOY" Lil Nas X has unfortunately lost a lot of momentum to no fault of his own as he went through a major health scare. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025 1054 Views
Music Art Made Of Snoop Dogg’s Roaches And Ashes Sells For Thousands At Auction Artist Erica Kovitz transformed Snoop Dogg's ashes, roaches, pieces, and more into the "Ashes to Art" collection. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025 1116 Views
Music Joe Budden Explains Why He Isn't A Fan Of Cardi B's New Single, "Imaginary Playerz" Cardi B released "Imaginary Playerz" as the second single from her long-awaited sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake August 20, 2025 3.0K Views
Music Teyana Taylor Reveals All The Details For Album "Escape Room" This is a highly anticipated release from Teyana Taylor, especially considering all that she's been through personally. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025 752 Views
Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Elite Company By Reaching 50 Billion Total Streams On Spotify Only a select few hip-hop artists have ever reached as many total streams as Kendrick Lamar now has on Spotify. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025 2.1K Views
Relationships DJ Akademiks Firmly Believes Megan Thee Stallion's Relationship With Klay Thompson Is A PR Stunt Folks aren't too surprised by DJ Akademiks' latest take on Megan Thee Stallion due to his commentary on the Tory Lanez situation and etc. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025 3.3K Views
Music Lil Wayne's Rock Performance Divides Fans During Latest Concert Wayne famously experimented with the rock genre for his polarizing seventh studio album, "Rebirth," in 2010. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025 1.9K Views
Music Drake Teams Up With Amazon For New Virtual Merch Warehouse Drake's new virtual Amazon warehouse features t-shirts, posters, hats, tote bags, exclusive vinyl, and much more. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025 4.2K Views
Music T-Hood Autopsy Reveals Details Of His Fatal Injuries Earlier this month, T-Hood was found by police with multiple gunshot wounds at his home in Snellville, Georgia. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025 886 Views
Music Doja Cat Finally Reveals The Cover Art For Her New Album "Vie" Doja Cat will be dropping her highly-anticipated album, "Vie," on September 26, with a new single arriving this week. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025 3.4K Views
Music R Kelly Takes Another Loss In Court As Judge Refuses To Remove Prosecutors From Case A judge recently called R Kelly's request to disqualify the U.S. Attorney’s Office from his case was "extreme." By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025 4.2K Views