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Music Drake Disappears From The Billboard Hot 100 For The First Time In Months Drake will hope to return to the chart following the release of his highly-anticipated new studio album, "Iceman." By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Kevin McCall Says Patti Labelle Can’t Sing Kevin McCall has been back in the headlines this week after placing blame on Chris Brown for his financial issues. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2025
Music Brandy Explains Abrupt Ending To Chicago Concert With Monica Brandy walked offstage in the middle of her performance at her and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" tour stop in Chicago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music Young Thug & Quavo's Link-Up After Tour Tease Draws Harsh Reactions Following the jail call leaks, fans have speculated about are Young Thug's "rap buddies" are these days. It seems Quavo's one of the few. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Nas Confirms Long-Awaited DJ Premier Album Is Finally Finished: “A Long Time Coming” Nas has confirmed that his long-awaited joint album with DJ Premier is finally complete. By Tallie Spencer October 09, 2025
Music Diddy's Team Puts Judge's Sentencing On Blast While Announcing Plan To Appeal Diddy's team is heading back to court next Monday, October 6. Their client received a four-year sentence on Friday. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues His Unrelenting Trolling Of Diddy Following His Prison Sentencing 50 Cent is one of many social media users to react to Diddy's sentencing, which has mostly been responded to with shock and disappointment. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Fans Shocked By Preview Of New Guitar-Led Song Given the poor reception to Lil Wayne's last album "Tha Carter VI," maybe this rock-adjacent approach will fare better than it did in 2010. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Turk Takes Legal Action After Getting Kicked Off Cash Money Tour Allegedly, Turk was kicked off the Cash Money Millionaires’ 30th Anniversary Tour after being labeled a "security risk." By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2025
Music Gunna Reportedly Scores Historic Streaming Debut For New Single "Won't Stop" Gunna is dropping a new album sometime soon, and it seems like fans are more ready than ever to hear it for themselves. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Orlando Brown Alleges Ray J Made Him Smoke Weed As A Teen Orlando Brown and Ray J are both known for their wild celebrity takes, although they hadn't crossed over much before this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Top5 Tries To Enter Kendrick Lamar's Toronto Hotel After Concert Kendrick Lamar's Toronto concerts have caused a storm online, whether for Drake's supposed reactions or folks like Top5 stepping up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025