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Music Jay-Z Breaks Tie With Kanye West For The Most Grammys Of Any Rapper In History Hov has a writer credit on "Cowboy Carter." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 03, 2025
Music Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" Wrangles Up "Best Country Album" At 67th Grammy Awards Cowboy Carter nabs a Country's biggest award. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 02, 2025
Music The Weeknd Steals The Show On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Jessie Reyez, Coco Jones, Leon Thomas, and more also delivered. By Caroline Fisher February 02, 2025
Music Coi Leray Takes Aim At Trippie Redd Yet Again With More Bars About His Alleged Cheating Coi Leray is not happy with the father of her child. By Alexander Cole February 02, 2025
Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Is Getting Its Own Projections On The CN Tower Drake is one of the biggest artists in the world, and when "ICEMAN" drops, that is all people will be talking about. By Alexander Cole May 13, 2026
Sports Kid Rock Labels Jay-Z A "DEI Hire" For The NFL Kid Rock performed at Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show,” in protest of the NFL's selection of Bad Bunny. By Cole Blake February 10, 2026
Sports Drake Loses An Absurd Amount Of Money On The Super Bowl Drake's betting woes continued after the New England Patriots fell to the Seattle Seahawks, but this wasn't just some ho-hum loss financially. By Zachary Horvath February 09, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Complains About Yet Another Grammys Snub Lil Wayne didn't receive any nominations for his fourteenth solo studio album, "Tha Carter VI," which he dropped last June. By Cole Blake February 02, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Defeats Clipse For Best Rap Song At The Grammys Clipse and Kendrick Lamar were frontrunners in the Best Rap Song category at the Grammys, and we now have a winner. By Alexander Cole February 01, 2026
Music Netflix Fires Back At Diddy’s Stolen Footage Allegations Diddy was furious with Netflix for putting out 50 Cent's new documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," on Tuesday. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Removes Gunna Diss From Lil Baby Collab In August, a leaked snippet of a Lil Baby song featuring Young Thug surfaced online, which contained a shot at Gunna. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Jokes About Suing Megan Thee Stallion For Fat-Shaming DJ Akademiks' claim comes after Megan Thee Stallion won her defamation case against Milagro Gramz on Monday. By Cole Blake December 02, 2025