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Music August Alsina Calls Young Thug's Comments On Gay Men "Dumb" Thugger had a controversial hot take on gay men who are closeted, and August Alsina addressed the remarks, calling them "stupid." By Erika Marie June 24, 2026
Original Content Tay Keith's Signature Sound Lives On Through These 10 Songs Following Tay Keith's passing, we look back at 10 songs that helped establish him as one of Hip Hop's most influential producers. By Erika Marie June 23, 2026
Music Drake Draws All Sorts Of Reactions To "HABIBTI (FOMO)" Whoever didn't like Drake's "HABIBTI" already is still unconvinced, whereas fans who loved the new "FOMO" tracks couldn't be happier. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2026
Music Argument At Chris Brown's NOLA Show Turns Into Nasty Brawl It's unclear what led to these ladies to throw down, but seeing a fight at Chris Brown concert is not what we expected. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Music EMPIRE Is Releasing A New XXXTENTACION & Juice WRLD Remix For Fortnite XXXTENTACION & Juice WRLD's "Whoa" was originally released on X's posthumous album SKINS. It is also featured on NBA 2K20. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 24, 2025
Music Kanye West Drops “Vulture 3” Update, It’s Not Coming Because Of Ty Dolla $ign Kanye West claims Ty Dolla $ign announced he didn’t condone any hate speech on social media while they were on the plane together. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Bizarrely Changes His Album Title To "Cuck" Kanye West has already confirmed that he'll be working with Dave Blunts on several songs off of the upcoming project. By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Music Dody6 Reveals He's Homeless Despite The Success Of Kendrick Lamar's "Hey Now" Dody6 famously collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on one of the biggest tracks off of his 2024 album, "GNX." By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Music Doechii's "Anxiety" Races To Millions Of Views In Hours Doechii's "Anxiety" has become a phenomenon with celebrities such as Will Smith, Demi Lovato, and Alabama Barker. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Hilariously Recalls How He Was The First To Get Snoop Dogg's Kids High With Snoop Dogg being the king of lighting up, you would think that Wiz Khalifa wouldn't be the one to introduce his kids to weed. By Zachary Horvath April 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why NAV's New Album Lost Over 60K Units In Sales DJ Akademiks compared this NAV discrepancy to bundle sales controversies like those of Travis Scott and Playboi Carti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025