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Music Lawsuit Accusing Spotify Of Fabricating Drake's Streams Has Been Dismissed This is a separate lawsuit to the one from RBX, who also accused Spotify of boosting Drake's streams on the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music GloRilla's Sister Blasts Drake, Latto & Soulja Boy Over "GOMF" Diss Track Drake and Soulja Boy both showed love to GloRilla and Latto's "GOMF" track, which Glo's sister Victoria Woods was not happy with at all. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Real Boston Richey's Ex Tatiana Chanell Accuses Him Of Abuse & Kidnapping Tensions continue to rise between Real Boston Richey and ex-girlfriend Tatiana Chanell as the latter has levied hefty allegations against him. By Zachary Horvath May 01, 2026
Music Nelly Off The Hook After Plea Agreement In Casino Assault Case Nelly reportedly faced an assault charge for an alleged confrontation with a security guard at the Ameristar Casino in Missouri. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music "Joe Budden Podcast" Can't Believe Young Thug Is On Best Songwriters List "The Joe Budden Podcast" reacted to The New York Times' best living American songwriters list, which includes Young Thug, Jay-Z, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Drake Honors Lil Wayne Ahead Of "ICEMAN" It's been a while since we've had a Drake and Lil Wayne collab, but maybe Drizzy's latest move on Instagram is a sign of things to come. By Zachary Horvath May 01, 2026
Music Earl Sweatshirt & JPEGMAFIA Trade Blows Online JPEGMAFIA has dissed Earl Sweatshirt before, and amid new albums or rollouts from both artists, they have finally clashed head-on. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Dame Dash Claims Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt" Is Irrelevant: "Nobody Cares" Dame Dash and Jay-Z have clashed over the rights to "Reasonable Doubt" before, which makes this hot take very interesting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music New Death Certificate Suggests Celeste Rivas May Have Been Pregnant Earlier this week, prosecutors in the Celeste Rivas case claimed she and D4vd exchanged texts about sex and abortion while she was underage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Pop Culture Blueface Faces Backlash After Heated Video With Pregnant Girlfriend Surfaces Social media watchers are starting to notice a pattern. By Tallie Spencer April 30, 2026
Music RZA Weighs In On Drake’s “ICEMAN” Album, Says It’s A Win Either Way According to him, Drake can't lose. By Tallie Spencer April 30, 2026
Music Fredo Bang Shoots His Shot At Cardi B One Last Time This is apparently his last attempt to get her attention. By Tallie Spencer April 30, 2026