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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
Reviews Joey Bada$$ "Lonely At The Top" Review “Lonely At The Top” finds Joey Bada$$ balancing Brooklyn roots, growth, risk, and the consistency defining his decade-long career. By Aron A. September 03, 2025
Music Max B Announces Comeback Album "Coke Wave 3.5" With French Montana Max B and French Montana skipped "Coke Wave 3" straight to "Coke Wave 4," and now they're completing the saga. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music Jail Informant Claims Lil Durk's Alleged Hitman Confessed To Murder-For-Hire Plot These allegations against Lil Durk are related to the arrests of Preston Powell and Anthony Montgomery-Wilson over Stephon Mack's death. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2025
Music SZA Notches Stand-Alone Record At The Grammys Thanks To "SOS" Deluxe SZA had to surpass some all-time greats to set this impressive Grammy record including MJ, Lauryn Hill, Beyonce, and more. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Childish Gambino Sells "Cancel Cards" Depicting Drake, Diddy & R Kelly Childish Gambino's controversial merch referencing Drake, Diddy, and R. Kelly was sold at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Posts Photos Of Rory & His Child In Public And Gets Called A Creep DJ Akademiks claimed he kept his eye on Rory after he allegedly paid a shady visit to Akademiks' home a couple of years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music Questlove Confirms A Posthumous D’Angelo Album Is On The Way There’s a posthumous D’Angelo project officially in the pipeline. By Tallie Spencer November 14, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Calls Out Danny Brown For Lying About "SCARING THE HOES 2" JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown teamed up in 2023 to drop "SCARING THE HOES," one of the fan-favorite hip-hop projects of the decade so far. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Music Spotify Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Billions Of Drake's Streams Came From Bots The lawsuit alleges there to be “voluminous information” proving Drake is benefiting from fake streams on Spotify. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Blacc Zacc Arrested Over Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot In South Carolina Blacc Zacc pleaded not guilty to charges of RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and more this week. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2025
Music Rapper Signed To Future's Freebandz Label Shot In Dallas On New Year's Day ZeeTheWizard reportedly signed with Future's Freebandz label in November of last year after building a name in Dallas hip-hop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026