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Music "Go And Up Your Rank": UCLA Confirms Kendrick Lamar Took Classes In 2022 To "Level Up" His Pen UCLA's very proud to call Kendrick Lamar an alumnus, and fans think that these Psychology classes may have something to do with "Mr. Morale." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2025
Music The Weeknd Admits He Suffered A Panic Attack Before Interview Discussing Mental Health Struggles The Weeknd spoke candidly about his challenges with mental health. By Cole Blake September 08, 2024
Music Cardi B Finally Reveals Star-Studded Features For New Album "Am I The Drama?" Cardi B is finally giving fans more insight into her long-awaited sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?" which drops on Friday. By Cole Blake September 15, 2025
Music SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Drake’s Hamptons Reference On “Fighting Irish” Freestyle Provokes J. Cole & Lil Wayne Diss Speculation Jay-Z is also getting a lot of mentions. By Zachary Horvath January 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Enrages Social Media With KKK-Inspired "Outfit Of The Day" The post is just one of countless antisemitic antics Kanye West has been making headlines for in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 09, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Hires Lobbyists As He Pushes For Donald Trump Pardon Boosie Badazz has been pleading Donald Trump for a presidential pardon for several months, and now, his sentencing is just weeks away. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music 50 Cent's Latest Antics Drag Lil Baby Into His Beef With Big Meech 50 Cent isn't happy with Big Meech. By Cole Blake February 04, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj, Eminem & More Included In Billboard's Top 10 Rappers Of All Time Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and Drake were also included in the breakdown, which ends their ranking of the 50 best rappers ever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 09, 2023
Music Mac Lethal Calls Tom MacDonald A "Nazi" In Scathing New Diss Track Mac Lethal did not hold back. By Alexander Cole June 18, 2024
Original Content Roddy Ricch's Best Songs (So Far) Roddy Ricch's top 21 best songs from his career thus far. By Rose Lilah May 07, 2020
Relationships Kanye West & Bianca Censori Put PDA On Full Display In Sensual New Video Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have been making headlines for their public antics for a number of years. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025