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Music Lil Durk Receives New Trial Date In Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk will be heading to trial much later in the year than expected. By Cole Blake January 02, 2025
Music Madlib Hints At Potential Album With "Charity Project" Following Fans Support After House Fire A classy move by the producing icon. By Zachary Horvath January 22, 2025
Music Metro Boomin's Yacht Reportedly Goes Up In Flames Behind Strip Club There's not a lot of confirmation on all these details about the allegedly rented yacht, so take them with a grain of salt. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 19, 2025
Music Drake & PartyNextDoor's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Breaks Apple's R&B/Soul First-Day Streaming Record Drake, alongside PartyNextDoor, make a new Apple Music record. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 15, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sees Astronomical Uptick In Streams For "Not Like Us" After His Super Bowl Halftime Show The rest of his catalog also received a nice bump. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Viral Jim Jones Accidentally Shows N3on Alleged Drug Deal In Harlem During Stream Jim Jones and N3on got up to some other Harlem activities during their livestream together, such as a quick game of basketball. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Relationships Young Thug Pops Out With Mariah The Scientist Courtside At The Warriors Heat Game Fans are happy to see Young Thug free and enjoying himself, but some couldn't help but notice Mariah the Scientist's bothered body language. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2025
Music Diddy Secures Huge Legal Victory As Judge Dismisses Several Key Claims In Rodney Jones' Lawsuit The update on the Rodney Jones lawsuit comes as Diddy is still behind bars in Brooklyn while awaiting trial. By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Music Drake Isn't Worried About Wack 100's Alleged Career-Ending Evidence Of Him Ordering A Hit Wack 100 previously asked Drake to reach out to him about the concerning flash drive during an episode of "No Jumper." By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Posits Curious Theory About Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Allegedly Low Tour Sales While this conversation around Kendrick Lamar and SZA's tour isn't even confirmed, DJ Akademiks threw shade at his fanbase to explain it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Drake Reclaims The Top Spot From Kendrick Lamar On The Spotify Top Artists USA Chart Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been duking it out chart wise as of late and for the time being, The Boy reigns supreme. By Zachary Horvath February 25, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Assault Trial Jurors Believed He Fired A Real Gun But Still Found A Reason To Acquit ASAP Rocky is officially a free man. By Cole Blake February 19, 2025