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Politics Azealia Banks Blasted Online For Tel Aviv Concert Supporting Israel Azealia Banks has faced controversy for claims of antisemitism in the past, but she's now opting against prevalent media boycotts of Israel. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Young Thug Claims Drake’s Impact Tops Kendrick Lamar’s According to Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar is the "GOAT of the whole West Coast," but Drake still has him beat. By Caroline Fisher October 01, 2025
Music Offset And Cash Cobain Met With Silence While Opening For NBA YoungBoy In NYC Despite Cash Cobain and Offset being two big contemporary stars in rap, the NBA YoungBoy crowd may not be their target audience. By Zachary Horvath September 29, 2025
Music Young Thug & YFN Lucci Link Up At A Nightclub After Squashing Beef The hatchet burial of Young Thug and YFN Lucci has been controversial and divisive, but at least they won't have any future issues for now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Pusha T Surprised By Clipse's "So Be It" Newfound Success On Radio Pusha T reunited with his brother, No Malice, in 2024 to prepare their latest album, 'Let God Sort Em Out,' a potential album of the year. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 28, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Cardi B During Stream To Praise Her Verse On Young Thug’s “UY Scuti” According to DJ Akademiks, he and Cardi B have mutual respect for one another, even though they don't always agree. By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2025
Music Missy Elliott's Lawyer Reveals Insight Into Settlement Of Years-Long Songwriting Lawsuit Missy Elliott had been dealing with the legal dispute since Terry Williams first brought the case in 2018. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Bryson Tiller Says Timbaland Went Ghost After Telling Him To Quit His Job For Music Bryson Tiller's interview with Rory & MAL also revealed that he was really close to signing with Drake's OVO. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music Gunna's "The Last Wun" Officially Scores Top 3 Billboard Debut This marks Gunna's sixth album in the top three of the Billboard 200 chart, and his eighth charter overall. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music Charleston White Mocks Boosie Badazz After Rapper Accepts Plea Deal In Gun Case Recently, Boosie Badazz announced that he decided to accept a plea deal in his federal gun case, prompting a response from one of his foes. By Caroline Fisher August 12, 2025
Sports LeBron James Shows Love To Gunna's New Album "The Last Wun" On X LeBron James is a longtime fan of Gunna, and he is feeling the Atlanta rapper's YSL finale, "The Last Wun." By Devin Morton August 10, 2025
Music Live Nation & The DOJ Reach Settlement In Antitrust Case, Sort Of There's a lot of confusion and anger over the DOJ and Live Nation's agreed upon settlement and it seems this is nowhere near over yet. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026