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Music Wale Addresses New Album's Release Date In "Slowdown" Freestyle Wale began promoting his forthcoming album at the top of the year with the lead single "Blanco." He has released two new songs since. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 29, 2025
Relationships A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Look Stunning At "Smurfs" Film Premiere Rihanna will be starring as Smurfette in the highly-anticipated movie, which hits theaters in the US on July 18th. By Cole Blake June 29, 2025
Politics Nelly Responds To "Pro-Trump" Claims After Performing At Inaugural Ball Nelly performed at the Liberty Ball during President Trump's first week back in office, a move that sparked backlash. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music Chubbs Trolls T-Pain After Divisive Comments About Drake's Inability To "Bow Out Gracefully" After T-Pain's comments about Drake not knowing when to step away, Chubbs took to Instagram to troll the rapper/singer/streamer. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music Travis Scott Seemingly Addresses Pusha T Feud With Cryptic Twitter Follow Pusha T dissed Travis Scott on Clipse's recent single, "So Be It," from their new album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Cole Blake June 29, 2025
Music Lil Baby Fashooo Admits To The Aftermath Of His $10 Million Miami Airbnb Rental From Influencer Gabriel Reck Lil Baby original WHAM Tour line-up included BigXThaPlug and NLE Choppa. BigX would exit the world tour following a leg injury. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 28, 2025
Music Gunna Reveals Title Of His Last Album With YSL With Gunna and Young Thug's relationship seemingly being over now, this worked out for the "pushin P" rapper at the end of the day. By Zachary Horvath June 28, 2025
Music Diddy Defense Alleges Sex Trafficking Case Comes Down To Money Diddy's defense made their closing argument in the mogul's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial today. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025
Music Frank Ocean Shocks The World And Drops "Channel Orange" Vinyl The wait for a new Frank Ocean album has been broken up by some big vinyl releases, including the "Blonde" reissue from a few years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Maxo Kream Reportedly Arrested In Texas After Traffic Stop Maxo Kream was pulled over due to an expired license plate and now faces accusations of gun possession and misdemeanor fleeing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Streams Are Up Huge Since His Polarizing Super Bowl Halftime Show Kendrick Lamar is dominating streaming services. By Cole Blake February 12, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Ruffled All The Right Feathers At The Super Bowl: From "To Pimp A Butterfly" To The Halftime Show Kendrick Lamar did hip-hop justice during one of the most divisive Halftime Shows in the history of the Super Bowl. By Aron A. February 12, 2025