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Music Lil Wayne & Hot Boys Hilariously Abandon Birdman On Stage In The Middle Of His Speech Lil Wayne, Birdman, and the rest of the Hot Boys have been performing a number of concerts together in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Drake Fans Say I Told You So After FCC Begins Payola Investigation Into iHeartCountry Festival The FCC is taking a look at iHeartMedia’s upcoming iHeartCountry Festival and the move has Drake fans taking note. By Cole Blake February 26, 2025
Music Cardi B’s Updated Sales Projections For “Am I The Drama?” Prove She’s Still Got It Cardi B received a fairly surprising sales projection for "AM I THE DRAMA" this past weekend, but it seems things are back to normal. By Zachary Horvath September 23, 2025
Music BigXThaPlug Reflects On Him & Lizzo’s Adventure To Walmart On The Jennifer Hudson Show Singer Lizzo was BigXThaPlug’s first guest on his new livestream platform. They performed his signature dance. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Complains To Playboi Carti About Pusha T's "Black Lives Matter" Verse In Old Clip This clip from the "Donda" sessions shows a scrapped Pusha T verse on the Kanye West, Playboi Carti, and Fivio Foreign collab "Off The Grid." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Pop Culture Drake To Link Up With IShowSpeed For Highly Requested Toronto Stream Drake and IShowSpeed's past interactions have been nothing short of ridiculous and hilarious, so fans can't wait for their upcoming collab. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Investigators Leave d4vd's Alleged Home With Computer And Evidence Bags It's unclear if the investigation into this home connects to the car under d4vd's name, which police found a dead body in earlier this month. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music Travis Kelce’s Ex, Kayla Nicole, Addresses Wild Chris Brown Encounter Chris Brown invited Kayla Nicole onstage this weekend during his "Breezy Bowl XX" tour stop in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher September 16, 2025
Music Cam'ron Reveals Whether Or Not He'd Squash Jim Jones Beef Dipset has a long and complicated history, which makes Cam'ron and Jim Jones' chances of reconciliation slim... But never impossible. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 13, 2025
Music GloRilla Becomes Third Femcee Ever To Reach Impressive Billboard Milestone GloRilla recently became the third female rapper ever to land six No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. By Caroline Fisher September 11, 2025
Politics Zohran Mamdani Slammed For His Love Of Dipset Over Their 9/11 Lyrics Zohran Mamdani has vocalized his love for several New York hip-hop artists since launching his campaign for mayor. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Wants Young Thug To Forgive Gunna And Put Their Beef To Rest Young Thug has been at odds with his long-time collaborator, Gunna, since he took a plea deal in the YSL RICO case back in 2022. By Cole Blake September 08, 2025