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Music Ian Connor Shares Alleged Texts From Drake About Young Thug Jail Visit Drake and Young Thug are believed to be close friends, but it seems that their relationship could be in some trouble. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Adin Ross Claims Drake's Previewed "Iceman" Songs Aren't On Final Tracklist Drake has officially released two singles from "Iceman" so far and teased many more beats, verses, and full tracks via his livestreams. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 06, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Thinks GloRilla Could Hold Her Own Against Nicki Minaj In A Verzuz Battle While Chalamagne Tha God's cohosts on "The Breakfast Club" disagreed, GloRilla and Nicki Minaj do boast a lot of hits. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Catches Heat For Aloof Interaction With Male Fans At Meet & Greet Lil Yachty caught some flak after he went viral for a difference in enthusiasm levels between meeting his male and female fans. By Devin Morton September 03, 2025
Music Hot 97’s Funk Flex Fires Back At DJ Enuff’s TMZ Interview With A Warning Funk Flex and DJ Enuff are staples in Hot 97’s legacy. Funk Flex announced his final show ahead of the Labor Day show. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Feels "Lonely At The Top" On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Joey Bada$$' long-awaited new album "Lonely At The Top," we got a new (technically old) track from Eminem. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2025
Music Memphis Bleek Claims There's No Chance Of Jay-Z & Dame Dash Ever Squashing Their Beef Dame Dash has also made critical comments about Memphis Bleek in the past, but Jay-Z is the real Roc-A-Fella sore spot. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2025
Music Lil Nas X Handcuffed And Hospitalized After Roaming Los Angeles In Underwear Lil Nas X was spotted strutting around Los Angeles by himself at 4 a.m. today, prompting onlookers to suspect alleged drug use. By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music Drake Co-Signs BigXThaPlug Ahead Of New Album, "I Hope You're Happy" Drake is working on an upcoming album of his own, having dropped two singles for "Iceman" in recent months. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
TV Ari Lennox Issues A Stern Clarification Of Her Viral "Martin" Criticism Ari Lennox voiced her frustration with how "Martin" handled jokes about the character, Pam, late last month. By Cole Blake August 11, 2025
Music 50 Cent Piles On Ice Cube After His New Movie Receives A 0% Rating On "Rotten Tomatoes" 50 Cent is quite the ruthless troller, so it's no surprise that he's adding insult to injury to the poor reactions of Ice Cube's new film. By Zachary Horvath August 06, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Announces Nine-City Tour With The Alchemist Ahead Of Joint Album Ahead of the release of their joint album, Erykah Badu and The Alchemist will premiere the project while on tour. By Devin Morton August 01, 2025