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Tech "Trust Issues": The Weeknd Confirms Song Release Was A Spotify Hack Abel's take on the Drake record first hit the internet over a decade ago, but he has yet to personally share it on DSPs. By Hayley Hynes December 18, 2023
Music Drake Fires Subliminal Shot At Alex Warren For Blocking "What Did I Miss?" From Going No. 1 Drake generated a lot of discourse over this release per usual, but it wasn't enough to dethrone Alex Warren's TikTok smash hit. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Viral Jim Jones' Vampire Costume Gets Clowned Online: "Bent Black Force Energy" A lot of fans weren't feeling the aesthetic clashes in Capo's Halloween fit: is a bloodsucker supposed to wear black Air Force 1s? By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2023
Music JELEEL! Reveals Extent Of His Injuries After Horrifying Nitro Circus Incident JELEEL! seems to be okay. By Alexander Cole October 30, 2023
Music Big Boi & André 3000 Tried To Sell Weed, Stopped After André Got Robbed Big Boi says André 3000 vowed to never sell weed again after he was robbed ten days after trying to be a dealer. By Alex Zidel December 14, 2021
Music Chance The Rapper's Ex-Manager Sues Him For Millions, Disses "The Big Day" Chance The Rapper's ex-manager Pat Corcoran, who previously managed him since 2013, hits him with a multi-million dollar lawsuit while slamming "The Big Day." By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music Nicki Minaj Poses In Bikini To Announce Return Of Queen Radio Nicki's signature show returns. By Kairi Coe February 22, 2023
Music BMF's Bleu DaVinci Explains Big Meech's Role In Gucci Mane & Jeezy's Deadly Beef Bleu DaVinci says Big Meech's counteroffer to Gucci Mane for "So Icy" led to issues between Wop and Jeezy. By Aron A. February 21, 2023
Music Kevin Gates Defends Sexually Explicit Lyrics About Beyoncé On "Super General" Kevin Gates is standing behind his "Super General" freestyle, in which he raps about sexual fantasies with Beyoncé. By Cole Blake August 03, 2022
Music NLE Choppa Says He Told Lil Durk Not To Retaliate Over King Von's Death NLE Choppa had some words of wisdom for Lil Durk. By Alexander Cole January 25, 2022
Music Chris Brown Reveals He's Still Banned From Performing At Award Shows Chris Brown says he's still not allowed to perform on award show stages, including BET. By hnhh August 22, 2022
Original Content Everything You Need To Know About Zacari How Zacari infiltrated TDE's inner sanctum and ended up on Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." By Danny Schwartz April 21, 2017