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Music Drake's Sound Engineer Reveals Original Tracklists For "ICEMAN," "HABIBTI" & "MAID OF HONOUR" Fans wonder what could have been. By Tallie Spencer June 04, 2026
Music Jaguar Wright Fires Back At JAY-Z After Being Named In Viral Roots Picnic Freestyle Jaguar Wright has had enough. By Tallie Spencer June 04, 2026
Music Drake Hits Yet Another Impressive Streaming Milestone With "ICEMAN" Drake is currently on a mission with his new album, "ICEMAN," and he continues to break new ground in the streaming world. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake's First Three Albums Are Worth More Than Jay-Z's Entire Discography DJ Akademiks knows how to get people riled up, and his latest take on Drake and Jay-Z is certainly going to do just that. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music Big30 To Be Released From Jail Ahead Of Gucci Mane Kidnapping Trial Big30 and Pooh Shiesty are set to go on trial for the alleged kidnapping and robbery of legendary artist Gucci Mane. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music Diddy’s Chief Of Staff Denies Orchestrating “Freak-Offs” Kristina Khorram has formally responded to the claims made by Phillip Pines in his lawsuit. By Aron A. June 04, 2026
Music Beyonce & Rihanna Tied On Forbes List Of Richest Self-Made Women List Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift also made the list. By Aron A. June 04, 2026
Music Sauce Walka Alleges Drake Has Been Spending Boatloads Of Cash On Women In Houston Sauce Walka has not been particularly fond of Drake this week, and now, according to DJ Akademiks, he is leveling big-time accusations. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music Cardi B Offers Surprising Response After Latto Confirms Dissing Her On New Album Latto took some shots at Cardi B over a leaked call surfaced. By Aron A. June 04, 2026
Music Baby Keem Reveals How Health Issues Forced Him Into A Five-Year Hiatus Baby Keem went five years between albums, and now, the artist is opening up about why that had to be the case. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music Latto Reveals Why She Had To Diss Cardi B Latto dissed Cardi B on the song "Gimme Dat," and now, we have an official reason for why Latto felt the need to do it. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music 50 Cent Goes Off On Daphne Joy On Stage Following Diddy Sex Tape Leak 50 Cent was recently on stage in New York, where he offered up a rant about Daphne Joy amid the Diddy sex tape leak. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026