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Music PARTYNEXTDOOR & Ari Lennox Lead The Way On This Week's "R&B Season" Playlist PARTYNEXTDOOR, Ari Lennox, and more come in hot on this week's "R&B Season Playlist," our specially curated picks of today's hottest R&B offerings. By Lynn S. March 29, 2020
Music Marissa Da'Nae Apologizes After Blasting NLE Choppa Marissa Da'Nae made some big claims about NLE Choppa and though she apologized, she didn't walk back everything. By Ben Mock April 19, 2023
Music Megan Thee Stallion Album Art Confusion Continues As New Cover Appears On Streaming Services Megan updated her cover numerous times. By Alexander Cole June 14, 2024
Music Childish Gambino Seems To Diss Joe Budden On New Album "Bando Stone And The New World" There are a lot of combative, albeit indirect bars on Childish Gambino's final album, but this particular bar is more suggestive than others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2024
Sports Drake Rocks Red Bedazzled Cowboy Boots Courtside At Kawhi Leonard's Raptors Return Kawhi Leonard is officially back in a Toronto Raptors uniform, and as you can imagine, Drake was there to watch it go down. By Alexander Cole October 22, 2026
Politics Nicki Minaj Clarifies Her Stance On The Transgender Community Nicki Minaj previously feuded with California Gov. Gavin Newsom on social media about the transgender community. By Cole Blake February 03, 2026
Music Rihanna Sued For Copyright Infringement Over Song Used In Fenty IG Ad A father-daughter duo claims they didn't give the singer permission to use their track. By Erika Marie December 22, 2020
Music Kevin Gates Announces First Batch Of Post-Prison Shows Kevin Gates is making a welcome return to the stage. By Mitch Findlay February 07, 2018
Music Coolio On Mumble Rap: "We Need To Teach These Young Cats" Coolio thinks that millenial rappers are not entirely to blame for their dip in quality. By Devin Ch February 12, 2018
Music Lil Yachty Talks Being "So Close" With Drake & Explains New All Girl Band "At this point, I feel so close to him. I feel like whatever he does, I did it. If he wins something, I feel like I just won," says Yachty. By Erika Marie February 14, 2023
Music Hailie Mathers Shows Off Her Lollapalooza Style Hailie Mathers shows us how to do festival season right. By Noah C August 06, 2019
Music Lil Gotit "Hood Baby 2" Includes Future, Gunna, Lil Yachty, & More Atlanta rapper Lil Gotit is releasing his new project "Hood Baby 2" next month with features from Future, Lil Yachty, Gunna, Lil Keed, and more. By Alex Zidel March 24, 2020