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Music New Kanye West Interview Sparks Worry & Sadness Kanye West was last caught on video visiting with a prominent rabbi, but this is his first interview in a bit, and it has fans concerned. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Young Thug Claims He Bought Gunna’s #1 Spot Over The Weeknd In New Audio Audios of Young Thug’s phone conversations have been released throughout the week as he is questioned for “snitching.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 31, 2025
Music Jay-Z Capitalizes On “Imaginary Players” Success With Music Video Re-Release On YouTube Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” was a diss track about Ma$e. It sampled the 1981 track “Imaginary Playmates” by Rene & Angela. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music SZA Calls Out White House For Using Her Song In Pro-ICE Post Recently, the White House posted a video of ICE officers arresting people, set to the SZA song "Big Boys." By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music Cardi B’s Updated Sales Projections For “Am I The Drama?” Prove She’s Still Got It Cardi B received a fairly surprising sales projection for "AM I THE DRAMA" this past weekend, but it seems things are back to normal. By Zachary Horvath September 23, 2025
Music JID Remembers Being Led To Tears Watching Mac Miller Record “Come Back To Earth” From 2018’s “Swimming” LP JID has had an incredible 2025 so far on new collaborations with Freddie Gibbs, Ab-Soul, Clipse, and Eminem. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 18, 2025
Music Kai Cenat Claps Back At Drake For Posting His Forehead On Instagram Drake appeared to be unhappy with Kai Cenat's recent comments on his latest "Iceman" single, "Dog House," featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf. By Cole Blake September 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Piles On Ice Cube After His New Movie Receives A 0% Rating On "Rotten Tomatoes" 50 Cent is quite the ruthless troller, so it's no surprise that he's adding insult to injury to the poor reactions of Ice Cube's new film. By Zachary Horvath August 06, 2025
Original Content RIP Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness’ Haunting Influence On Hip-Hop Rest In Peace to the Prince of Darkness. By Aron A. July 23, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria" Diss Was Originally 19 Minutes Long Dot had even more to say about Drake, apparently. By Elias Andrews April 30, 2024
Music Cassie Essential Songs Cassie's top 5 essential songs, from "Me & U" to "Love a Loser," showcase her range and contributions to the music industry. By Rain Adams July 12, 2024
Music Jadakiss' Son Jaewon Shares "Put Ya Hands Up" Freestyle Jaewon clearly takes after his father. By Caroline Fisher December 06, 2023