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Music Kanye West Sparks Heated Debate After Sharing New Freestyle Given the current creative state that Kanye West is in right now, some listeners aren't seeing the vision with this very rough freestyle. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2025
Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music J Cole's Backstage Meet-up With Tems Leads To Hilarious Realization By Fans J Cole hung out with Tems backstage during his Dreamville Festival, where they both performed over the weekend. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Lil Rod Wants To Serve Diddy’s Son Justin Combs & Cuba Gooding Jr. Through Newspaper Ads Justin Combs and Cuba Gooding Jr. are listed as co-defendants in Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' lawsuit against Diddy. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Pop Culture Rihanna Floors Kai Cenat After Sending Him Sweet DM Mid-Stream Kai Cenat has become a very likable pop culture figure thanks to his acts of kindness, something that Rihanna wanted to shout him out for. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Travis Scott Explains How He's Shifting His Approach For His Next Album Travis Scott sat down with "Complex" for a new interview and gave fans insight into new music, his relationship with Kanye West, and more. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Travis Scott Reveals How He Really Feels About Kanye West These Days Kanye West has not had the most glowing things to say about Travis Scott lately, so how does La Flame feel about it? By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Festival Set In Mexico City Canceled Following Deadly Crane Incident Tyler The Creator was set to perform outside of his ongoing "CHROMAKOPIA World Tour" this weekend, but an unthinkable tragedy occurred. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Embarrassed By Alleged Victim's Lawyer For Wearing "Fake Glasses" To Court In Sex Battery Case Soulja Boy has been accused of alleged sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, and more in the lawsuit. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Young Scooter Receives Outpouring Of Love During Emotional Funeral Young Scooter drew in hundreds of people at his funeral/Celebration of Life on Monday and it's clear he touched a lot of people. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Baka Not Nice Reveals How Drake Prevented Him From Responding To Kendrick Lamar Baka Not Nice was one of the many subjects of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef and he wasn't enthusiastic about it. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2025
Music Quavo Formally Announces First Single With Lil Baby In Nearly Seven Years Believe it or not, it's really been that long since these two Atlanta luminaries have hopped on a track, but the drought is going to be over. By Zachary Horvath April 07, 2025