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Music Cardi B Expresses Paranoia Over Conspiracy Theory That Cell Phones Can "Read Our Minds" While Cardi B is putting her tinfoil hat on to question our surveillance age, fans' conspiracies are all about her pregnancy rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
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 ASAP Rocky Claims For The Umpteenth Time That His New Album “Don’t Be Dumb” Is Done ASAP Rocky acknowledged to Spike Lee that his busy schedule and constant delays have made him want to drop "Don't Be Dumb" out of the blue. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 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 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
Music Lil Baby Reveals Official Tracklist And Release Date For "The Leak$" People were speculating that Lil Baby was going to drop "The Leak$" August 15 thanks to an Instagram post. But we have a set date now. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Gets A Trial Date In His Civil Rape Lawsuit The update on Metro Boomin's civil rape lawsuit comes after he put out his latest mixtape, "A Futuristic Summa," earlier this month. By Cole Blake August 13, 2025
Music Police Launch Investigation Into DDG's Swatting Incident Officers from The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department pulled up on DDG while he was streaming, over the weekend. By Cole Blake August 12, 2025
Relationships Chance The Rapper Opens Up About Kirsten Corley Divorce Chance The Rapper and Kirsten Corley announced their split together back in April and finalized their divorce in January 2025. By Zachary Horvath August 12, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Says He's Not Taking "A Lizzo Stance" On His Health Problems Dave Blunts and Lizzo have had similar issues with their weight and health, and both of them have taken steps towards fixing it. By Zachary Horvath August 11, 2025
Music Benzino Accuses Fat Joe Of Helping Tank The Ratings Of BET Hip-Hop Awards Benzino took to Instagram Live to throw some shade at Fat Joe for his perceived role in helping tank the ratings of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. By Devin Morton August 10, 2025