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Music Doja Cat Teases Tracklist For New Album And Fans Are Furious About Some Major Omissions Doja Cat has been hyping up her highly-anticipated fifth studio album, "Vie," for a number of months at this point. By Cole Blake April 14, 2025
Music Kyrie Irving Shows Love To LaRussell By Purchasing His Album For $11,000 LaRussell set a big goal for himself to sell 100,000 copies of his upcoming album independently, and multiple celebs have been chipping in. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Drake's "Take Care" Expected To Re-Enter Billboard's Top 20 This Week Drake's 2011 classic "Take Care" was reportedly the highest-selling hip-hop album this week in the United States. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Music D4vd's Rental Home Reportedly Had A Large Freezer That Could Fit A Body Celeste Rivas' dismembered body was found in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd back in September and police are still investigating. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Politics The White House Uses Lil Wayne's Music To Promote U.S. Strikes On Iran Given Lil Wayne's previous support of United States President Donald Trump, this White House TikTok garnered some controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Nas Reveals Mobb Deep's Posthumous Album Is Dropping Soon Nas has been doing God's work this year, helping distribute some icons' albums as part of his "Legend Has It..." series. By Zachary Horvath September 09, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Blasts Rap Media For “Protecting” Jay-Z After Epstein Files Drop During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks raised some serious questions about Jay-Z's past and why it hasn't faced more scrutiny. By Caroline Fisher February 04, 2026
Music Drake's Wireless Festival Performances Featured Lauryn Hill, 21 Savage, Skepta & Countless More Guests Drake's star-studded Wireless Festival performances came as he continues to work on his new album, "Iceman." By Cole Blake July 14, 2025
Music Tony Yayo Says He Would Go Crazy If He Had 50 Cent’s Work Ethic Tony Yayo and 50 Cent grew up together in Southside Jamaica Queens. They hustled together before forming G-Unit. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 14, 2025
Music Deion Sanders Rushes To Lil Wayne's Defense Amid Poor Reviews For "Tha Carter VI" Deion Sanders and Lil Wayne have developed a strong bond with another, so it's nice to see Coach Prime showing love for Weezy right now. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Parties With Gunna, Lil B, IShowSpeed & More At "SWAG" Listening Event Def Jam and Justin Bieber sent out emails last week that "SWAG" is the most listened to album in the world. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 27, 2025
Music 50 Cent Goes Off On Diddy And Reveals Why He Made "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" 50 Cent's highly anticipated Diddy documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," will be hitting Netflix on December 2. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025