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Sports Drake Reveals He's Received "A Good Ol' One-Year Ban" From Commentating At Raptors Games It seems the Raptors organization didn't like Drizzy's DeMar DeRozan comments. By Zachary Horvath January 14, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes On Bizarre And Borderline Hateful Rant About Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries" Lamar revealed some pretty personal accounts on this "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" track and fans are understandably clapping back at Akademiks. By Zachary Horvath December 02, 2024
Viral Adin Ross Alleges He Left Playboi Carti Stranded For 10 Hours After Taking His Private Jet This was allegedly after Playboi Carti and Adin Ross' disastrous stream, which Carti ditched after a few minutes with a big bag from Kick. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Kevin Gates & His Daughter Cause An Uproar With Furry Costumes Social media users aren't sure how to feel about Kevin Gates and his daughter's new TikToks. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2024
Music Joe Budden Appears To Accidentally Leak His Patreon Earnings Joe Budden's leap from rap to podcasting has been a successful one, and thanks to his supposed slip-up we have an idea of what he's making. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Lil Scrappy: Exploring His Career From Rap To Reality TV Lil Scrappy joins the list of rappers who made a successful transition to the personal, dramatic world of reality TV. By Demi Phillips July 26, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Apologizes For Grooming Scandal While Still Sending Shots At His Haters Ak takes accountability. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 26, 2025
Original Content Pride Month 2025: Artists Who Redefined Visibility In Hip Hop & R&B Coming out in rap hasn’t always been safe or celebrated. Yet, over time, artists like Frank Ocean & Lil Nas X forced Hip Hop to pay attention. By Erika Marie June 16, 2025
Music Yung Miami Clarifies The City Girls' Status And Explains What Happened With JT The return of Yung Miami's "Caresha Please" podcast held other interesting and much-anticipated reflections on the Diddy scandal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2024
Music Daniel Caesar Secures His First Grammy Award For "Best Part" Daniel Caesar holds it down for Canada with his first Grammy win. By Mitch Findlay February 11, 2019
Original Content Word On The Street: Did Drake Steal XXXTENTACION's Flow? "Look at Me" vs "KMT"? The people of Los Angeles weigh in. By Danny Schwartz April 03, 2017
Music Lesley Nicole, Aaliyah's Former Backup Dancer, Remembers Final Moments With Singer Before Tragic Death Lesley Nicole dancer in Aaliyah's music video, "Rock The Boat," the last video the singer shot in the Bahamas. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 12, 2025