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Music 42 Dugg Complains About How Hip-Hop "Turned On" Drake Drake feuded with tons of other artists in 2024, including ASAP Rocky, Rick Ross, and most notably, Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake August 28, 2025
Music Lil Baby's "My Turn" Tops Billboard's Polarizing Ranking Of The Top Rap Albums Of The 21st Century In addition to Lil Baby, other artists to land inside the top 10 included Drake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, The Weeknd, and more. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Lawyer Asks If Cardi B's Hair Is Real & If She's Affiliated With A Gang During Assault Trial The second day of Cardi B's assault trial stemming from an alleged encounter with Emani Ellis in 2018 got underway yesterday, August 26. By Zachary Horvath August 27, 2025
Pop Culture Denzel Washington Jokingly Takes A$AP Rocky's Watch During "Highest 2 Lowest" Interview Denzel Washington took A$AP Rocky's watch in a funny moment from an interview promoting Spike Lee's new film, "Highest 2 Lowest." By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music R Kelly Takes Another Loss In Court As Judge Refuses To Remove Prosecutors From Case A judge recently called R Kelly's request to disqualify the U.S. Attorney’s Office from his case was "extreme." By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Shows Love To Adonis After Drake's Wholesome Instagram Video Drake is currently preparing for the release of his highly-anticipated ninth studio album, "Iceman," which should be arriving soon. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Music JID Announces "God Does Like World Tours" With Young Nudy, Mick Jenkins, And More JID revealed the long list of dates for the "God Does Like World Tours" in an announcement on Instagram on Tuesday. By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music Steve Lacy Takes A Turn On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Steve Lacy introduced us to his next era on "R&B Season," whereas Coco Jones updated her previous one with a new deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music DJ Swamp Izzo Once Again Claims Playboi Carti’s “BABY BOI” Is On The Way Playboi Carti’s ”BABY BOI” does not have an official release date yet, but everyone seems to be adamant that it won’t be much longer. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Says Young Thug Continuing To Diss Gunna Will Do More Harm Than Good Young Thug continues to diss Gunna on new verses and subliminal tweets, and now DJ Akademiks has weighed in on the jabs. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Pens Wholesome Thank You For Tyler The Creator Being "One Of The Few Mentors" He Has Lil Yachty and Tyler The Creator are longtime friends, and the former has served as an opening act on the "Chromakopia World Tour." By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Relationships Maranda Johnson Formally Accuses Kodak Black Of Domestic Violence After Sounding Off On Alleged Abuse Maranda Johnson and Kodak Black have been entangled in a nasty custody battle that's led to some huge allegations against the rappers. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025