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Pop Culture NBA YoungBoy Plans To Tour The U.S. After Beating Federal Gun Charges The 22-year-old isn't totally in the clear yet – he's still got his Louisiana gun charge to deal with down the road. By Hayley Hynes July 16, 2022
Music AI 2Pac Video Has Social Media Extremely Concerned For The Future In addition to the video of 2Pac, AI-generated videos of other celebrities have been emerging online as well. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music Bow Wow Goes On Rant About Men Dating Women For Looks: "It's Sad" Bow Wow is having a serious vent. By Chantilly Post August 10, 2018
Reviews Jay Electronica "A Written Testimony" Album Review While a fully-fledged solo debut continues to elude us, Jay Electronica and Jay Z have served up a fascinating collection of cerebral, forward-thinking hip-hop. By Robert Blair March 19, 2020
Pop Culture "Drake Album Sucks!" Sign Spotted At The Club Less Than 48 Hours After "Honestly, Nevermind" Arrives Drake's seventh studio album has the world divided. By Hayley Hynes June 18, 2022
Pop Culture Kanye West To Daughter: "If I Am Murdered...Just Know I Love You" The rapper sent out a cryptic message to his firstborn daughter shortly before deleting it. By Dre D. September 18, 2020
Original Content Where Is Jhene Aiko? Tracking Her Movements Since "Trip" What has Jhene Aiko been up too lately? By Aida C. February 14, 2019
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Says He Left His Iced Out Jigsaw Chain In An Uber Tekashi 6ix9ine seems to have left a very valuable piece of jewelry in an Uber. By Aron A. April 20, 2018
Music DJ Akademiks Hints At Something For Kendrick Lamar Coming From Drake On Lil Wayne's "The Carter 6" DJ Akademiks has been a strong supporter of Drake following the feud with Kendrick Lamar. He said Lamar's GNX is not a classic album. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 05, 2025
Music Drake Surprises Crowd At Lil Wayne Show In Toronto The rapper's hometown crowd went wild when he walked on stage. By Noah Grant April 13, 2023
Music Fivio Foreign Explains Why He Doesn't Go Back To The Hood As Much Fivio Foreign discusses the problems he faces whenever he goes back to his stomping grounds in Brooklyn. By Aron A. January 17, 2022
Relationships Kanye West Suggests New Co-Parenting Idea On Instagram Ye's Instagram tirade shows no sign of slowing. By Rex Provost September 03, 2022