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Music The Joe Budden Podcast Praises And Scrutinizes Drake's New Freestyle The new bars opened up a conversation around media bias in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2025
Music Dee Barnes Gets Silent After Wendy Williams Asks If Dr. Dre Sexually Assaulted Her Dee Barnes previously opened up about being physically abused by Dr. Dre. By Aron A. April 18, 2019
Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans React To The One-Year Anniversary Of "Like That" A lot has changed 12 months after Drake and Kendrick Lamar's feud really took off and their fan bases have a lot to say about the battle. By Zachary Horvath March 22, 2025
Music Swizz Beatz Backtracks After Verzuz Announces Paid Subscriptions Swizz Beatz reacts to backlash after Verzuz announced that Anthony Hamilton vs. Musiq Soulchild wouldn't be streaming for free on Instagram. By Aron A. February 15, 2022
Music 2 Chainz Leaves N.O.R.E Stunned Over His Choice Of Munchies 2 Chainz puts N.O.R.E. onto cotton candy grapes on Jay-Z's Monogram's "High Tales" series. By Aron A. April 05, 2021
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals What J. Cole’s First Week Sales Say About The Big Three Following the release of "The Fall-Off," J. Cole says he's going to be focusing on producing for other artists. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
Music Drake Ripped Apart After Liking Tory Lanez Statement Fans were not happy with Drake. By Alexander Cole August 11, 2023
Music Tyler, The Creator Continues Quietly Clowning DJ Khaled With "Likes" A mysterious approach to trolling. By Mitch Findlay June 10, 2019
Original Content We Asked 21 Savage, Tory Lanez, 2 Chainz & More About Christmas & New Year's Eve Merry Christmas!! We ask some of your favorite rappers their favorite thing about Christmas and their New Year's plans. By Rose Lilah December 25, 2017
Music A$AP Rocky "Victims" Being Investigated For Molestation & Assault: Report The two men involved in A$AP Rocky's Sweden fight are being investigated. By Alex Zidel July 12, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: Lil Wayne & XXXTentacion's "Don't Cry" Hits #1 The XXXTentacion-featuring "Don't Cry" from Lil Wayne's "Carter V" debuts at #1. By Patrick Lyons October 01, 2018
Music New Details Emerge Surrounding Young Thug's Arrest Young Thug was arrested for an outstanding warrant related to illegal window tints. By Danny Schwartz December 23, 2016