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Music Kendrick Lamar's GNX Toronto Show Sees Spike In Ticket Sells As Drake & Kai Cenat Postpone Livestream Kendrick Lamar won several BET Awards this week, including Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for GNX. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Politics Kanye West Has A Strong Message For Folks Who Don't "Love" Donald Trump Kanye West recently thanked United States President Donald Trump for commuting Larry Hoover's federal sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Cardi B Seemingly Unleashes On Offset In Fiery Upcoming Track Recently, Cardi B went off on Offset on Twitter Spaces, telling him she hopes he will "die slow" amid their messy divorce. By Caroline Fisher June 01, 2025
Music Meek Mill Announces “Pizza Gate” Song Amid Jeffrey Epstein Files Controversy Meek Mill shared an interesting tweet amid public disappointment surrounding the release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Jay-Z's Phone Call With Michael Eric Dyson Is Causing Quite The Stir Author Michael Eric Dyson continues to defend his controversial take on Kendrick Lamar and Drake's rap beef. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2026
Politics Cardi B Cans Feud With Trump Advisor Over Nicki Minaj Bot Claims Out Of Paranoia Cardi B got roped into a report about Nicki Minaj's political posts being amplified by bots by a Trump advisor who claimed she was involved. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music Yeat Teases Drake Collab In "Made It On Our Own" Music Video With EsDeeKid Drake and Yeat already dropped "Dog House" as part of the "ICEMAN" era, so maybe this EsDeeKid collab hints at something else. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2026
Music 50 Cent's Latest Diss Provokes King Harris To Bring Up His Domestic Violence Allegations 50 Cent has been trading shots with T.I. and his son, King Harris, on social media for several days after a failed "Verzuz" proposal. By Cole Blake February 24, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Addresses Young Thug's Prison Diss On Baby Keem's New Album For those unaware, Young Thug had some not-so-nice things to say about Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem in a jail call that leaked last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 20, 2026
Music R. Kelly Accuser Reshona Landfair Speaks On How Dave Chappelle Skit Impacted Her By Tallie Spencer February 12, 2026
Music Big U Demands Names Of Cooperating Witnesses In Federal RICO Case If convicted, Big U could spend decades behind bars. By Tallie Spencer February 12, 2026
Music Drake Spits Against Fake Numbers And Views On Fresh "ICEMAN" Snippet Drake has absolutely no sympathy or remorse for his enemies. We'll see if "ICEMAN" is the revenge and betrayal story he's been building up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026