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Music Joe Budden Blasts Drake Fans For Gatekeeping "ICEMAN" On "The Joe Budden Podcast," its titular host spoke on Drake fans policing who gets to celebrate the release of his new album "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Ray Vaughn Reveals Kanye West Ghosted Him When He Was Trying To Make It Big Ray Vaughn and Kanye West were able to meet face to face, but the universe and TDE had different plans for the Long Beach native. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music The 21 Best Rap Projects From Atlanta In 2016 Counting down the best tapes from hip-hop's most active scene. By Narsimha Chintaluri December 24, 2016
Original Content Eminem's Shady Records: A Complete History Part 1 A comprehensive examination of Eminem's Shady Records, spanning from 2000 to 2003. By Mitch Findlay January 07, 2019
Music Lil Durk's 10-Year-Old Son Releases Passionate Statement Of Support Amid His Father's Arrest "Zayden" speaks. By Zachary Horvath October 29, 2024
Music Rappers Who Believe Drake Won Rap Beef Against Kendrick Lamar These rappers believe Drake won the rap beef with Kendrick Lamar. By Chukwudi Onyewuchi May 13, 2024
Relationships Toosii’s BM Samaria Appears To Confirm Breakup In Hilarious Response To Troll Samaria J Davis had more to worry about than Toosii this week. By Caroline Fisher November 08, 2024
Music Judge In Lil Durk's Trial Rules On Key Severance Motion From Codefendants Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial was recently delayed from April to August, and now we have more details about what's next. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2026
Music J. Cole Unveils Official Tracklist For "The Fall-Off" J. Cole is dropping "The Fall-Off" this Friday, and we officially have the new tracklist for the album, which is packed with 24 songs. By Alexander Cole February 04, 2026
Sports Bronny James Catches A Stray On Pooh Shiesty's "First Day Out" Pooh Shiesty wasted no time getting back in the studio for the requisite "First Day Out" single but its turning heads for a different reason. By Zachary Horvath December 12, 2025
Music Drake's Mom Delivers Inspiring Speech That Has Him Ready To Take On UMG And Kendrick Lamar Drake revealed why this is so during his "Drizzmas Giveaway." By Zachary Horvath December 27, 2024
Music DJ Vlad Breaks His Silence Amid Boosie Badazz Pay Dispute Earlier this week, Boosie Badazz announced that he's done with "VladTV" interviews because he was denied a $5K raise. By Caroline Fisher April 17, 2026