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Music Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Reaches Yet Another Monumental Milestone 2025 is off to a good start for Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher January 10, 2025
Music DDG Addresses Reports That Halle Bailey Blocked His Bia Collaboration It looks like DDG doesn't want to stir up any more drama that has to do with the mother of his child, Halle Bailey. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025
Music Diddy Secures Huge Legal Victory As Judge Dismisses Several Key Claims In Rodney Jones' Lawsuit The update on the Rodney Jones lawsuit comes as Diddy is still behind bars in Brooklyn while awaiting trial. By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Sports LeBron James & His Daughter Vibe To Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s "Luther" Amid Drake Tensions Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit collaboration, "Luther," is continuing to dominate the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By Cole Blake March 23, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Is Hoping For A Doechii Collab On Her Next Album With new records allegedly on the way from both femcees, Doechii and Megan Thee Stallion might have multiple link-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Jim Jones Suggests Drugs Are Allegedly To Blame For Kanye West’s Latest Tirade In recent days, Kanye West has gone after several of his celebrity peers including, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 21, 2025
Music Drake Recalls Michael Jordan Ping-Pong Bets & $40 Million Dave & Buster's Gambling Win Drake spoke on Michael Jordan and Dave & Buster's via a new ad for Stake, in which he broke down in-person gambling versus online bets. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music UMG Demands To End Discovery In Drake Lawsuit Over His Efforts To See "Confidential" Documents Per sources, Drake's attorney has also responded with some fiery and pointed words for his client's parent label. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Claims "MUSIC" Follow Up Album "BABY BOI" Is "OTW" Playboi Carti took years to drop his third album, but now he's claiming that he's ready to go with the fourth one. By Elias Andrews March 15, 2025
Music Cops List Alleged Injuries From Lil Nas X Arrest Lil Nas X did post a $75,000 bail but he's still up for a few years in prison as the authorities are taking this arrest seriously. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music Drake Secures Title Of Most Influential Jewelry This Year Among Rappers According to a new study by the men's jewelry brand CRAFTD, Drake's jewelry racks up 63.5K Google searches per month. By Caroline Fisher August 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Says Young Thug Continuing To Diss Gunna Will Do More Harm Than Good Young Thug continues to diss Gunna on new verses and subliminal tweets, and now DJ Akademiks has weighed in on the jabs. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025