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Music The Weekend Unveils Dates For Asian Final Leg Of His "After Hours Til Dawn" Tour The Weeknd is going to be going on the final leg of his "After Hours Til Dawn" Tour, and it is taking him through Asia. By Alexander Cole May 11, 2026
Music Wack 100 Checks DJ Akademiks Over His LeBron James Allegations Wack 100 thinks Drake made a mistake by targeting LeBron James. By Cole Blake January 14, 2025
TV BET Hip Hop Awards Is Gone: The Cyphers, Chaos, & Culture A generation of Hip Hop fans grew up on moments the BET Hip Hop Awards made possible, & its absence leaves a gap the culture can’t easily fill. By Erika Marie August 08, 2025
Music Fans Theorize Drake Was Dissing Kendrick Lamar With Pinocchio Reference On "Iceman" Stream Drake has been in England since his historic headlining performance at Wireless Festival, earlier this month. By Cole Blake July 25, 2025
Music J. Cole Falls Short Of A$AP Rocky With First Day Streaming Numbers Although J. Cole was not close enough to beating A$AP Rocky in this Spotify metric for "The Fall-Off," he still found much success elsewhere. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music What Did They Say? Method Man Pops Off On A Fan Who Disrespected Ol' Dirty Bastard When a fan dismissively remarked that ODB is long gone in an online Wu-Tang Clan debate about its members, Method Man put his foot down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2025
Music Lil Zay Osama Is A Free Man Again After A Brief Prison Sentence Lil Zay Osama has been released from prison after serving several months for gun charges stemming from an incident in 2022. By Cole Blake February 23, 2025
Music Australian Travis Scott Fans Act Completely Out Of Control At "Circus Maximus" Concert This is not a good look. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Adds Second Toronto Date To Tour Amidst Drake Feud Another subliminal dig? By Elias Andrews December 05, 2024
Music OVO Smiley Confirms New Song With Drake "Coming" Soon Their last collab was in 2021. By Elias Andrews January 02, 2025
Music Playboi Carti's YouTube Gets Hacked With Fake "I Am Music" Album Following Fans Mass Outrage Fans are taking matters into their own hands now. By Zachary Horvath December 28, 2024
Music Dame Dash Calls John Legend Out For Rejecting Roc-A-Fella Deal Many artists almost joined the Roc, but Dame has particular smoke for Legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 27, 2024