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Music Drake & Adin Ross Will Cover Funeral Costs Of French Streamer Who Died During Marathon Livestream The move comes as Drake continues to prepare for the release of his highly-anticipated ninth studio album, "Iceman." By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Reviews Chance The Rapper "Star Line" Review In "Star Line," Chance The Rapper charts the difficult terrain of love, justice, and selfhood, crafting an album as restless and resolute as he is. By Aron A. August 19, 2025
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Announce Release Date For Collab Album "Abi & Alan" The Alchemist and Erykah Badu's collaboration has drawn some controversy, but fans are still very excited for what they have in store. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Eminem Effortlessly Nails Impossible Rhyme Challenge Recently, Eminem's skills were put to the test when he was asked to come up with something that rhymes with "silver." By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music Drake Demands Unredacted Version Of Kendrick Lamar’s UMG Contract In Latest Filing Drake’s legal team secured a copy of Kendrick Lamar’s UMG contract and are now demanding to have it un-redacted. By Devin Morton August 13, 2025
Music JID Explains Why He Finds Most Rap Beefs "Very Unattractive" JID has been giving off a battle-ready type of energy this year, but he's not going to engage just to "sharpen his sword." By Zachary Horvath August 09, 2025
Music Gunna Gives Fans Much To Celebrate As Reactions To New Album "The Last Wun" Roll In Many Gunna fans also reminisced on his previous projects due to the new album "The Last Wun" reportedly being his final YSL offering. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Canceled GloRilla Concert Results In $2.5M Lawsuit Esmail Entertainment recently filed a lawsuit against Shaw Management Enterprises over allegedly forged contracts tied to a GloRilla show. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Diddy’s Team Confirms They’ve Asked Donald Trump About Pardon During a recent interview, Donald Trump indicated that he would most likely not grant Diddy a presidential pardon. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Drake Fuels Speculation That Another Yeat Collaboration Is Inbound Drake and Yeat have made some splashy collabs already but if this is what we think it is then it will top the rest. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2025
Music Tayy Brown, Lil Kim's Ex-Lover, Reveals Why Verzuz With Nicki Minaj Didn't Happen In New Rant Tayy Brown signed with Lil Kim's Queen Bee Entertainment folloowing the two beginning a relationship in 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 27, 2025
Relationships Kanye West's Claim About Having Not Seen Saint All Year Gets A Firm Rebuke The co-parenting drama comes as Kanye West is preparing to put out a new album with Dave Blunts called, "Cuck." By Cole Blake April 22, 2025