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Pop Culture DMX Has Forgiven His Mother For Physically Abusing Him As A Child: "I Love My Mama" DMX is in a new issue of GQ magazine. By Erika Marie September 24, 2019
Original Content Top 50 Best Kanye West Songs A ranking of Kanye West's 50 best songs. By Danny Schwartz February 15, 2018
Music Drake Admits He's Been Cheated On Before And Reveals How He Handled It Drake got to have conversations with 20 women on Saturday, and in one of them, he admitted to the infidelity he has suffered. By Alexander Cole August 10, 2026
Music Fenix Flexin's "RUBBERZ" Allegedly Exposed As AI-Generated There's been a lot of debate around Fenix Flexin's viral "RUBBERZ" song and its alleged use of AI, which may have found an answer. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2026
Music DJ Khaled Reveals Why He Delayed "Aalam Of God" DJ Khaled was on The Tonight Show, where he offered up an explanation behind his recent album delays, which have piqued interest. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Politics Macklemore Responds After Petition Calls For His Removal From Ed Sheeran Tour Macklemore responded after critics called for his removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour over pro-Palestinian comments made onstage. By Erika Marie September 08, 2026
Music Wack 100 Asserts Lil Durk Is Not A Snitch Lil Durk was accused of being a snitch thanks to his defense's strategy involving OTF Vonni, and now, Wack 100 is speaking out. By Alexander Cole August 26, 2026
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 Offset And Cash Cobain Met With Silence While Opening For NBA YoungBoy In NYC Despite Cash Cobain and Offset being two big contemporary stars in rap, the NBA YoungBoy crowd may not be their target audience. By Zachary Horvath September 29, 2025
Music Ice Spice Reveals Her Weight Gain Secret And How She Feels About Pressure In Rap Ice Spice had the internet kind of furious after dropping some noticeable weight last year, with some claiming she was using Ozempic. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music Tezzus Previews Alleged Oogie Mane Diss Track Amid ilykimchi Leaks Following the ilykimchi leaks from Tuesday, it appears as though Tezzus is looking to diss Oogie Mane in a new song. By Alexander Cole July 15, 2026
TV 2Slimey Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons During PlaqueBoyMax's "Song Wars" 2Slimey was a contestant on PlaqueBoyMax's "Song Wars" this weekend, and in the end, he got disrespected by the judges. By Alexander Cole March 16, 2026