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Music Drake's "More Life" Was Apple Music's Top Album Of 2017 Drake was Apple Music's king this past year. By Matt F December 07, 2017
Music Burna Boy Offers To Cover Funeral Costs For Children Killed In Stockton Mass Shooting Three children and one adult were shot and killed during an attack at a birthday party in Stockton, California over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Music Benny The Butcher Lists Tyler, The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, And More As His Dream Collaborators Benny has an ambitious and varied list of ideal future collaborators. By Lavender Alexandria March 13, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Claim Top Spot On Rolling Stone's West Coast Rap Songs List I mean, who's really surprised? By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2023
Music DJ Khaled Reportedly Threw A "Temper Tantrum" After New Album Debuted At #2 DJ Khaled's "Father Of Asahd" took a backseat to Tyler, The Creator's "IGOR" on the Billboard 200. By Aron A. June 06, 2019
Reviews J. Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only" (Review) "4 Your Eyez Only" overcomes an ambitious concept and a couple of awkward moments to stand as J. Cole's best album. By Patrick Lyons December 15, 2016
Music J. Cole & Lil Durk Perform "All My Life" Live For The First Time The Chicago MC brought out Cole as a special guest during his Friday set at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 23, 2023
Music Drake's Sound 42 Reaches An Unceremonious End On SiriusXM The end of Drake's SiriusXM station comes after he recently teased getting to work on a new project on Instagram. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert Leaves Fans Intrigued After Posting And Deleting Two Off-The-Wall Freestyles These out-of-the-blue freestyles are remixes to 2024 songs from underground rappers Babyxsosa and SlimeGetEem. By Zachary Horvath March 03, 2025
Music Diddy Accuses Lil Rod Of Hiring Sex Workers & Taking Drugs On His Own Diddy has filed counterclaims against Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' $30 million sexual assault lawsuit, accusing him of defamation and theft. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2026
Music DDG Has Surprising Reaction To Rubi Rose Claiming He Convinced Her To Do OnlyFans DDG recently dealt with some other previous relationship drama, such as his coparenting conflicts with Halle Bailey. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Wants Judge To Reopen His Bankruptcy Case To Stop Incoming Lawsuit A woman had won $5 million from 50 Cent in 2015 for commentating a video of hers without permission, which led him to file for bankruptcy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025