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Music Kanye West Claims Drake Brutally Turned Down "Bully" Intro But Hopes They Make An Album Kanye West's last collaboration with Drake in any capacity was their "Free Larry Hoover" benefit concert in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims That The Drake Stimulus Package Is Dead The end of an era. By Elias Andrews July 05, 2024
Music Ghostface Killah On Kendrick Lamar Collab: "I Ain't Take Him Lightly" Tony Starks brought his A-game. By Elias Andrews May 14, 2024
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Reveals The Meaning Behind "69" Tekashi 6ix9ine explains what "69" in his name means. By Aron A. March 27, 2018
Music T-Boz Laughs Off Left Eye Conspiracy Rumors, Talks "Disrespectful" TLC Fans In 2002, Lisa Lopes was killed in a tragic car crash, and since that time, conspiracy theories have run rampant. By Erika Marie October 05, 2020
Music Jermaine Dupri Admits He's Always Been Advised To Never Get Married, So He Won't Jermaine Dupri has created some of the most iconic love songs ever with Mariah Carey, Jagged Edge, and Usher. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 21, 2025
Music Joe Budden Podcast Earnings Leave The Internet Stunned Joe Budden purposefully revealed his Patreon numbers from the podcast and that figure we saw is pretty spot on with the ones reported. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Halts Retirement And Promises Big Things For Her Next Album Nicki Minaj went on another spirited rant about JAY-Z and Roc Nation yesterday (Oct. 15) and claimed she was hanging it up because of Hov. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Bans Lil Baby, J. Cole, & DJ Khaled From Drake's "ICEMAN" DJ Akademiks is Drake's biggest fan, and with "ICEMAN" on the horizon, the commentator is putting his foot down. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Music Drake's Toronto Music Video Shoot Sparks Tour Rumors For "ICEMAN" Drake rode around the city in a truck carrying ice blocks last night to film a music video for his new album "ICEMAN," which comes out soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music Multiple Teenagers Detained After NBA YoungBoy Documentary Screening Reportedly, police were called about a large group of people who appeared to be fighting in North Hills, North Carolina, this weekend. By Caroline Fisher April 28, 2026
Music Plaqueboymax Asks DJ Akademiks Why NBA YoungBoy Is Upset With Him NBA YoungBoy previously called out Plaqueboymax for having a negative reaction to one of his recent songs. By Cole Blake February 25, 2026