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Music Chance The Rapper Previews "Star Line" With New Writing Exercise, "The Lion" Via this recent writing exercise, Chance The Rapper recalled an important conversation with his father that still resonates to this day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Cash Out's Mugshot Surfaces As He Begins Life Sentence For Sex Trafficking A jury found Cash Out guilty of rape, sex trafficking, and RICO charges in his high-profile criminal trial, earlier this year. By Cole Blake August 07, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Clarifies He Has No Issue With "The Joe Budden Podcast" Metro Boomin released his new mixtape, "A Futuristic Summa," on Friday with a number of high-profile collaborations. By Cole Blake August 05, 2025
Politics Charlamagne Tha God Fires Back At Donald Trump For Calling Him A "Racist Sleazebag" Charlamagne Tha God previously criticized Donald Trump during an interview with Lara Trump on her Fox News show. By Cole Blake August 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Lawsuit Accusing Fat Joe Of Ordering A Hit On Him Fat Joe's former hype man, Terrance "T.A." Dixon, filed a massive lawsuit on the New York rapper earlier this week. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music Judge Mathis Thinks Kanye West And Diddy's Other Friends Should Support Puff At Trial Judge Mathis made it clear he doesn't think people should support Diddy's alleged actions. But if they do, they might as well comfort him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Receives High Honor From Apple Music To Cap Off His Historic 2025 You can easily argue that no other rapper has had a bigger 2025 than Tyler The Creator and Apple Music feels that way given this award. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Streetwear Kanye West Drops New Black Friday Yeezy Items For $100 Or Less Amid Kanye West's apologies and acceptances of accountability, he's still working hard on giving Yeezy customers new pieces. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2025
Music Lil Baby Finally Confirms Release Date Of “The Leak$” Lil Baby has been sharing new singles for fans every Wednesday to promote his upcoming album, "The Leak$." By Cole Blake November 26, 2025
Music Lil Yachty & Veeze Skate All Over Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update Our "Fire Emoji" inclusions this week came courtesy of Lil Yachty, Veeze, BossMan Dlow, Headie One, and Ray Vaughn. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Sports Drake Finds An A-List Scapegoat After Losing Over $1 Million On The Toronto Maple Leafs Justin Bieber was in attendance with his wife, Hailey, as Drake's hometown Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the playoffs. By Cole Blake May 19, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Road Blocked Drug Dealers From Selling To Cassie In L.A. Cassie Ventura testified to drug use, sexual assault, and freak offs with Diddy in week one of Combs' trial. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 17, 2025