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Politics Cardi B Combats Nicki Minaj With Support Of Jasmine Crockett Cardi B may not be directly fighting back against Nicki Minaj's Republican support, but she's making her stance clear politically again. By Zachary Horvath February 27, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Firmly Doubles Down On Plans To Drop "BABY BOI" Album This Year Playboi Carti and "MUSIC" collaborator DJ Swamp Izzo have been constantly talking about this project since the rapper returned. By Zachary Horvath May 10, 2025
Music Drake Takes The iPhone's 8-Ball Pool Game Way Too Seriously In Viral Video The viral clip comes as Drake is traveling across Europe on his "Some Special Shows 4 U" tour with PartyNextDoor. By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Opens Up About Almost Suffering A Life-Threatening Overdose In New Memoir Kid Cudi's book, "Cudi: The Memoir," will be releasing on Tuesday, August 12, and is available for pre-order now. By Cole Blake August 07, 2025
Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music J. Cole Impressed By Freestyling Fan On His “Trunk Sale” Tour Recently, J. Cole brought his "Trunk Sale" tour to Virginia, where he got to meet one extremely talented fan. By Caroline Fisher February 11, 2026
Music Soulja Boy's 7 Biggest Beefs Soulja Boy never says no to a beef. Here are 7 of his biggest feuds of all time. By Chukwudi Onyewuchi May 17, 2024
Music Teyana Taylor Reveals She Needs Immediate Surgery After Discovery Of Benign Growth On Vocal Cord Teyana Taylor's issue is thankfully noncancerous, but it's still an unfortunate setback and we are wishing her the best. By Zachary Horvath August 06, 2025
Music Keke Palmer Addresses Viral Usher Controversy Head On In Her New Song "My Confession" It's been about two years since the public demise of Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson's relationship which sparked a lot of debate. By Zachary Horvath May 09, 2025
Relationships Young Thug Proposes To Mariah The Scientist During Beautiful Moment At His Atlanta Show Young Thug stopped his Atlanta benefit concert on Tuesday night so that he could propose to his long-time girlfriend, Mariah The Scientist. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Music Gunna Announces 1st-Ever "WUNNA RUN 5K" Marathon In New York City Gunna’s new album, The Last Wun, is the rap star final record with Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life record label. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 21, 2025
Original Content Who Is Baka Not Nice? Everything You Need To Know Baka Not Nice is who he is, but who is he? By Mitch Findlay October 17, 2017