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Music Kanye West Goes Viral For Singing "Flashing Lights" As Fans Debate Whether He Censored Nazi Lyric Some fans think he may have avoided singing the lyric about hating nazis. By Cole Blake January 01, 2025
Numbers Pop Smoke Earns Six Posthumous Platinum Certifications The late rapper earned certifications for several of his hits like "The Woo" and "What You Know Bout Love." By Madusa S. March 14, 2021
Music Travis Barker Coughs Up 6 Figures For His Daughter's 14th Birthday Travis Barker takes his fatherly duties seriously. By Aida C. May 27, 2019
Music Young Thug Admits He Doesn't Know Who The Alchemist Is After Collab Meme Maybe Young Thug's confusion is about Ian Connor, who recently posted texts with Thugger about The Alchemist and their collab album meme. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music Latto Can't Recite Ice Spice Lyrics & Twitter Thinks She's Being Shady Fans thought Latto was throwing shade at Ice Spice. By Aron A. January 23, 2023
Music Cardi B Shuts Down Cheating Allegations Pinned On Offset: "This Sh*t Is Fake" Cardi & Offset have time to respond to ridiculous reports. By Chantilly Post June 15, 2018
Music Taylor Swift Confronts Kanye West "Snake" Comments During Concert Taylor Swift is still hung up on the Kanye West drama. By Devin Ch May 09, 2018
Pop Culture Young Dolph's Children, Partner, & Key Glock Attend Jackson State University In His Honor JSU named their tunnel after the late Memphis rapper. By Lawrencia Grose September 18, 2022
Music Nas Confidently Laughs Off Jim Jones In Resurfaced Video From 2005 Jim Jones recently suggested he's a better rapper than Nas during an appearance on the "Joe & Jada Podcast. " By Cole Blake June 24, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Disses Drake & J. Cole: Unpacking Future & Metro Boomin's "Like That" Kendrick Lamar's fiery rhetoric on "Like That" has sparked a flurry of discussion regarding the competitive nature of hip hop. By TeeJay Small March 26, 2024
Music Macklemore Previews Upcoming Offset Collaboration “Willy Wonka” Check out a preview of an upcoming collab between Macklemore & Offset called "Willy Wonka". By Kevin Goddard September 08, 2017
Music Def Jam on Logic's "Everybody:" "We Stayed Out Of The Way" The less-is-more approach paid off big time. By Matt F May 16, 2017