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Music Drake’s Lawyers Allege UMG Is Covering Up Artist Exploitation Amid Defamation Case Lawyers for Drake and Universal Music Group attended a hearing yesterday to discuss the label's request to dismiss the rapper's lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher July 01, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Makes History On The Top Rap Albums Chart With "GNX" Despite "GNX" only being a seven-month-old album, Kendrick Lamar has been setting numerous records and reaching impressive milestones. By Zachary Horvath June 30, 2025
Music Doechii Makes Triumphant Glastonbury Festival Debut With Grand Headlining Set Doechii made her debut at the long-running festival, and by all accounts, it was a show for the ages. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music King Combs Shares BTS Footage Of His New EP With Kanye West King Combs teamed up with Kanye West for a new EP as his father, Diddy, remains on trial in New York City. By Cole Blake June 29, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Expands "Grand National" Tour With South American Leg This Fall CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso will open for Kendrick Lamar in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile in September and October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Petition Launched To Remove Kanye West From Slovakian Hip-Hop Festival Fans are calling for Kanye West's removal from a popular festival in Slovakia because of his history of antisemitism. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music Gunna Tells Will-I-Am Why He Wants To Sign An AI Artist Gunna's conversation with will.i.am comes as artificial intelligence continues to be a hotly contested topic. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Drop Kidnapping And Select Sex Trafficking Charges The move from prosecutors in Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering trial comes just before closing arguments. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges That Clipse Purposely Let Kendrick Lamar's Verse Surface A lot has been said about how Clipse (more so Pusha T) have handled rolling out "Let God Sort Em Out," and DJ Akademiks is calling them out. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music LeBron James Previews Nas’ Verse On New Clipse Album The eagerly antipated first Clipse album in 15 years, "Let God Sort Em Out," is currently slated for release on July 11. By Caroline Fisher June 24, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Hints That Drake May Be Dropping "ICEMAN" Soon Johnny Manziel and DJ Akademiks have been teasing Drake's "ICEMAN" a lot in the last few months, and the latter has the latest update. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Timothée Chalamet Finally Answers Whether Or Not He's Really EsDeeKid EsDeeKid is a rising rapper in the UK underground, and there are legions of fans who believe he is actually Timothée Chalamet. By Alexander Cole December 11, 2025