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Music Cardi B Asked Her Mother For A Special Prayer To Warn Off The “Dark Energy” Around Her Cardi B’s Am I The Drama includes guest appearances by Selena Gomez, Latto, Janet Jackson, and Megan Thee Stallion. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 27, 2025
Music JAY-Z Gives Sage Songwriting Advice For Aspiring Artists "The New York Times" named JAY-Z as one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters for a new list published on Tuesday. By Cole Blake April 28, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Wants Fake “Free Boosie” Billboards To Stop A billboard calling for Boosie Badazz's release from prison was recently spotted in Mississippi, but the rapper is not behind bars. By Caroline Fisher December 30, 2025
Music Toronto's Fire Department Is Melting Drake's "ICEMAN" Installation Fans finally found the release date for Drake's album, "ICEMAN," buried within the ice on Tuesday afternoon. By Cole Blake April 22, 2026
Music Prosecutors Reveal Their Lengthy Demand For Diddy's Prison Sentence Diddy will return to the courtroom for his sentencing hearing on Friday, October 3, where he'll face 20 years behind bars. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
TV Yung Miami Claps Back At Haters Still Focused On Her "BMF" Performance Fans have been trolling Yung Miami for her work on Season 2 of "BMF" since it aired back in 2023. By Cole Blake August 11, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Reveals Who Is Playing Him In An Upcoming Biopic Snoop Dogg is getting his very own biopic in 2027, and an actor has already been chosen to play the legendary pop culture icon. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music Lil Zay Osama Indicted On Federal Kidnapping & Robbery Charges Lil Zay Osama and multiple other men are accused of carrying out a home invasion in Winnetka, Illinois, last month. By Caroline Fisher April 29, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Dominates Billboard's Top Rap Songs Of 2025 Kendrick Lamar's "luther," "TV Off," "Not Like Us," and "Squabble Up," all made the list, according to Billboard. By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music Tia Kemp Explains Bizarre Video Of Her Moaning On A Boat With DDG It's unclear why or how Tia Kemp and DDG linked up, but that wasn't the big detail that fans were going wild over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar “wacced out murals” Lyric Breakdown Kendrick Lamar laid it out on the intro to his new album "GNX." Here's a full breakdown of the lyrics. By Aron A. November 25, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "Luther" Cracks Top 5 Of Billboard's Top Summer Songs Of 2025 Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" has been dominant all year long, breaking Billboard records in the process. By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025