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Music Drake Has Fans Calling Him Petty After Trying To Stomp On J. Cole's Release Right around the release of J. Cole's "The Fall-Off," DJ Akademiks teased a new Drake snippet and many believe it was calculated. By Zachary Horvath February 06, 2026
Music How To Watch The 2026 Grammy Awards With the annual Grammy Awards just days away, we are giving you everything you need to know about how and where to watch the 68th broadcast. By Zachary Horvath January 30, 2026
Music Skepta Kicks Off "Round 2" Against Joyner Lucas With A Scathing Response To "Nobody Cares" Skepta fired the first shot in the UK vs. USA rap battle against first responder Joyner Lucas with "Friendly Fire." By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 17, 2025
Music Destroy Lonely Announces Release Date For "Broken Hearts 3" Destroy Lonely is the last artist to drop a tape from the Opium collective this year, so maybe they were saving the best for last. By Zachary Horvath September 16, 2025
Pop Culture Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Declared Best Diss Track Of All Time By Twitter It's been over 30 years since Cube decimated his former N.W.A. members. By Hayley Hynes July 26, 2022
Original Content What Happened To Obie Trice? Long before Westside Boogie and Grip, Obie Trice was Shady Records' leading protege. Here, we take a look at where the Detroit rapper's momentum dropped off, and what's happened to him since. By Robert Blair June 29, 2022
Music Boi-1da & Vinylz Explain Why J. Cole's "Deja Vu" & Bryson Tiller's "Exchange" Use The Same Beat Boi-1da & Vinylz accuse The Mekanics producer Foreign Teck of stealing their beat. By Danny Schwartz December 09, 2016
Music ASAP Rocky Teases Something Coming “Soon” Amid New Album Demands According to ASAP Rocky, he has big things on the way, and fans hope one of them is his fourth studio album, "Don't Be Dumb." By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Music D'Angelo's Family Reveals The Legendary Singer's Cause Of Death In Heartfelt Statement D'Angelo was best known as a pioneer of the neo-soul genre with his iconic albums, "Brown Sugar," and "Voodoo." By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Adin Ross Turned Away From NBA YoungBoy Concert Over Security Issues Adin Ross and his crew recently tried to attend NBA YoungBoy's concert in Miami, but their evening took a turn for the worse. By Caroline Fisher October 14, 2025
Music Kindergarten Teacher Captures Fans’ Attention By Producing Multiple Songs For TiaCorine On Friday, TiaCorina unleashed her new album "Corinian," featuring JID, Saweetie, Flo Milli, Wiz Khalifa, and more. By Caroline Fisher October 13, 2025
Music Rabid NBA YoungBoy Fans Swarm His Car After Orlando Tour Stop Whether you like him or not, you cannot deny that NBA YoungBoy is one of the biggest rappers alive right now. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025