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Music NBA Veteran Admits He Almost Knocked Out Kanye West Over Parking Spot During a recent episode of his podcast, a former NBA star recalled a tense run-in he once had with Kanye West. By Caroline Fisher January 27, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Gives Playboi Carti His Flowers Amid Rumors Of AWGE Tension A$AP Rocky's still tight with Playboi Carti, even amid missing features and claims from other folks alleging problems with these AWGE MCs. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music Rihanna Celebrates A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Landing At No. 1 On Billboard A$AP Rocky went through some first week sales turbulence with his highly anticipated album "Don't Be Dumb," but Rihanna doesn't care. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music Nas' Harvard Fellowship Is Now Taking Applications Nas first partnered with Harvard University to launch the hip-hop fellowship back in 2013 and students can still take advantage. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Hit-Boy & Mike Will Made-It To Face Off On "Verzuz" "Verzuz" has a new battle between Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made-It after making its return at ComplexCon, last year. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music J. Cole's Announcement For "The Fall-Off" Has Social Media Awestruck J. Cole recently provided fans with a major update on his seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off," and they're ecstatic. By Caroline Fisher January 14, 2026
Music Drake's "Take Care" Expected To Re-Enter Billboard's Top 20 This Week Drake's 2011 classic "Take Care" was reportedly the highest-selling hip-hop album this week in the United States. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Music Fetty Wap Delivers Message To Fans After Being Released From Prison Fetty Wap was handed a six-year prison sentence in 2023, and it was recently reported that he wouldn't be out until December 2026. By Zachary Horvath January 08, 2026
Music Kanye West's Camp Claims There's No A.I. On New Album "BULLY" Kanye West's manager Pete Jideonwo and Ye's former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos said "BULLY" will not engage in previous A.I. usage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar And SZA Make Surprise Appearance At TDE Christmas, Perform "30 For 30" Kendrick & SZA took the stage for a surprise appearance. By Tallie Spencer December 18, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock Flexes Her Untouched Chains After Compton Fight Chrisean Rock is fighting back at the women who jumped her at a Compton park, her former flame Blueface's shade, and all her online haters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock & Blueface Trade Blows After She Gets Jumped In Compton Chrisean Rock recently got into a fight in Compton, which led Blueface and many others to speculate about gang culture. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025