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Music Charlamagne Tha God Suggests Drake's Music Isn't As Relevant Anymore When Charlamagne Tha God boldly claimed Drake has "kind of stopped making music," he had to explain his point a little further. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Doesn't Believe The Industry Conspired To Take Drake Down However, DJ Akademiks believes UMG may have seen Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track against Drake as a two-way opportunity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Music Papoose Returns Fire In Eazy The Block Captain Diss Track "Handshakes With Snakes" Papoose and Eazy The Block Captain have turned the drama with Remy Ma and Claressa Shields into a lyrical battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Music YFG Fatso Reportedly Arrested Amid BloodHound Q50 Rumors YFG Fatso allegedly reacted to BloodHound Q50's murder in September, and some fans have un-verifiably speculated he was allegedly involved. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Music There's Only One Way Jay-Z’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Can Work On HNHH's livestream, Aron and I also discussed Nicki Minaj's Trump ties, reacted to the Drake "Janice STFU" lawsuit, and spoke on J. Cole. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Politics Donald Trump Is Open To Making Nicki Minaj His Next Press Secretary After various White House staffers suggested Nicki Minaj could be the White House Press Secretary, U.S. President Donald Trump chimed in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Music Foogiano Disses Gucci Mane In New Track "The Misunderstood Truth" This is Foogiano's third recent track addressing the Pooh Shiesty and Gucci Mane situation, and it's his most fiery yet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2026
Music Latto Says Spicy Seafood Boil Sent Her Into Labor Latto was determined to deliver her baby on schedule, and she believes an extra-spicy seafood boil helped make it happen. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music Kirk Franklin Recalls Kanye West's Unusual Offer To Produce Gospel Music Concerned about backlash from Christians, Kanye West offered Kirk Franklin uncredited production, but the gospel star wasn't interested. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music GloRilla & Brandon Ingram Channel Ciara & Bow Wow For Halloween After Ciara dressed as her in 2024, GloRilla returned the Halloween love with looks inspired by Goodies and "Like You." By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music Lenny S Reacts To Kanye West And Jay-Z Super Bowl Reunion Hopes A proposed Watch the Throne reunion at the Super Bowl prompted Lenny S to comment on Hip Hop's growing amnesia. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music Kevin Gates Shrugs Off $1 Million Court Order For Dreka Despite previously accusing Dreka of taking money from him, Kevin Gates now says he's unbothered by their divorce finances. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026