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Music Playboi Carti Is Ready To Risk It All With The Release Of "Narcissist" Playboi Carti tells his team to forgo sample clearances and drop "Narcissist" immediately. By Joshua Robinson September 15, 2021
Music Summer Walker & Brent Faiyaz Satisfy Our "R&B Season" Needs With New Releases Ease into our R&B-centric Spotify playlist. By Noah C February 09, 2020
Music Diddy & Cassie’s Graphic Texts Entered As Evidence Amid Federal Trial Cassie testified for the last time in her ex-boyfriend Diddy's federal sex trafficking trial yesterday, recalling years of alleged abuse. By Caroline Fisher May 17, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Inspires Stripper To Crip-Walk Onstage In Viral Clip She a fan, she a fan, she a fan. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj's New Diss Track Roasted By Pimp C's Wife Pimp C's wife got in on the backlash against Nicki's response track. By Lavender Alexandria January 29, 2024
Music Drake Seemingly Agrees With DJ Akademiks That Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar, And Future Used His Name For Clout It is Drake vs. The World right now. By Alexander Cole April 02, 2024
Music Trippie Redd Reveals He Once "Wrote A Rap To Drake" As A Kid Trippie Redd has been writing songs since a young age. By Alexander Cole July 20, 2023
Music The Weeknd Sets Off On "After Hours Til Dawn" Tour The Weeknd kicked off the tour in London. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2023
Music YNW Melly's Spotify Monthly Listeners Keep Increasing Amid Trial Since last week, the rapper's gained over 600,000 new listeners tuning in every month. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2023
Music J. Cole Skips "Jada And Will Love" Line While Performing "No Role Modelz" Does he still want that Jada and that Will love? By Tallie Spencer October 16, 2023
Music J.I.D Thinks J. Cole Had A Better Verse Than Drake On "First Person Shooter" The Atlanta lyricist initially and jokingly said Yeat when asked who came out on top on "FPS," hinting that he didn't want to answer. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2023
Numbers "Ni**as In Paris": Iconic Jay-Z & Kanye West Collab Goes Diamond After Nearly 12 Years This marks the second Diamond certification for Ye, and the first for Hov. By Hayley Hynes June 12, 2023