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Music Joe Budden Expresses Disappointment Over Kendrick Lamar’s Grammys Win Kendrick Lamar ended up taking home several awards at the Grammys on Sunday. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Music Ice-T Explains Why He Changed Lyrics To Call Out ICE Ice-T is standing on his decision. By Tallie Spencer January 29, 2026
Music Maino Trolls DJ Akademiks For Getting Slapped By Lil Baby's Team DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby after claiming that a member of his team slapped him last weekend. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Is Praying For "Hipster Rap" To Take The Mantle From Drill Rap During his new interview on "The Joe Budden Podcast," A$AP Rocky reflected on the era of indie rock in New York when he was coming up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Calls Out A$AP Rocky For Dissing Drake On "Don't Be Dumb" Charlamagne Tha God is by no means a big Drake fan, but even he has gotten a little bored of A$AP Rocky's supposed shots at him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Young Thug Fares Better In Updated "UY SCUTI" First Week Sales Projections Although Young Thug might surpass initial projections, his new album "UY SCUTI" is still critically divisive and meager performance-wise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Cardi B's "AM I THE DRAMA?" Goes Double Platinum In Under Two Weeks Cardi B's same-day platinum certification for "AM I THE DRAMA?" caused controversy for the inclusion of old tracks that allowed it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Speaks On The Absurd Amount Of Joints He Smokes Every Day Wiz Khalifa is one of hip-hop's biggest devil's lettuce advocates, and he wasn't scared to tell Jimmy Kimmel about his high tolerance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Lil Tecca Achieves A New Career High With Spotify Debut For New Album "DOPAMINE" Lil Tecca's new album "DOPAMINE" has a lot of variety across its 17 tracks, which is perfect for the summer season. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Slams 50 Cent For Trolling Kanye West After Diddy Trial Appearance 50 Cent was quick to weigh in on Kanye West's decision to support Diddy at his federal trial earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher June 14, 2025
Music Summer Walker Confirms She’s Content With Life After Chris Brown Kiss Recently, Chris Brown invited Summer Walker to join him onstage for a performance of "Take You Down" in Las Vegas. By Caroline Fisher September 22, 2025
Music Cardi B Proves She Wrote Diss Lyrics To JT Herself After Joe Budden’s Ghostwriter Claim Cardi B’s sophomore album, Am I The Drama?, achieved platinum certification by the RIAA on its release day. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 20, 2025