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Music Kendrick Lamar, Future & Metro Boomin Hit With Lawsuit For Unpaid "Like That" Royalties Rodney O is suing Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar, and the estate of Barry White for sampling his Joe Cooley collab "Everlasting Bass." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Pop Culture Sabrina Carpenter Participates In Usher's Seductive Cherry Feeding Tradition At The Met Gala The Met Gala this year was not as classy with several attendees breaking rules such as Usher and Sabrina Carpenter. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Encourages His White Fans To Say The N-Word At Controversial Show Considering all the work Dave Blunts is putting in for Kanye West these days, we're not really surprised by this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music Beyoncé Reportedly Facing Cease And Desist Over Unauthorized Use Of Las Vegas Sphere During "Cowboy Carter" Tour The video shows Beyoncé holding a replica of The Sphere and it sparked rumors that she was going to perform there. By Zachary Horvath May 03, 2025
Music Lil Durk Files To Have Text Message Removed From Upcoming Trial Lil Durk is going to trial on August 20th in his murder-for-hire case, and he is looking to have a text message taken out of evidence. By Alexander Cole July 28, 2026
Music Drakeo The Ruler's Security Guard Claims YG Had A Knife During Fight Drakeo The Ruler's security guard testified under oath about allegedly seeing YG at the festival where Drakeo was fatally stabbed in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 25, 2026
Music YG Blows Out The Game In Verzuz YG took the cake. By Tallie Spencer July 24, 2026
Streetwear Drake Is Reportedly Reviving A Historic Texas Saddle Shop Trademark filings suggest Drake is behind the planned Fall 2026 reopening of Brenham Saddle Shop in Texas. By Ben Atkinson July 24, 2026
Music Blueface Detained During Live Stream After Being Swatted Blueface was on a live stream with the mother of his child, Nevaeh, and it ended with him being swatted with police and CPS. By Alexander Cole July 22, 2026
Music Future's Loyalty To Drake Questioned After World Cup Outing With Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, & Rihanna Future pulled up to the World Cup with Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell, which has confused all of the Drake fans. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Music Mal Questions "Not Like Us" Ranking On Complex's Top 100 LA Rap Songs List Complex recently released a Top 100 list of the best Los Angeles rap songs, and as you can imagine, Mal didn't like the "Not Like Us" rank. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Music Milagro Gramz Seeks To Overturn $75K Judgment In Megan Thee Stallion Case After a judge denied her request to pause payment, Milagro Gramz is pursuing a new legal strategy to overturn the verdict. By Erika Marie July 20, 2026