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Music Spotify Acquires WhoSampled And Changes Are Already In Store Along with Spotify's purchasing of WhoSampled, several improvements are already in store for the platform. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music Tory Lanez To Sit Through Third Megan Thee Stallion Deposition Tory Lanez filed a Protective Order in late September to try and avoid any sort of involvement with Megan Thee Stallion's defamation suit. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Ebro Is Highly Skeptical Of Ice Spice's McDonald's Altercation Last week, Ice Spice was involved in a fight with a fan at a McDonald's and folks like Ebro are wondering why she had no security with her. By Zachary Horvath April 20, 2026
Sports Lil Wayne Recalls Being "Starstruck" By LeBron James After Reconvening For A Commercial Lil Wayne met LeBron James when both of them were on the cusp of becoming the respective superstars we know them to be today. By Zachary Horvath August 06, 2025
Music Afroman Shows Support For Ant Jefe, No Jumper Host Who Got Murder Charge Afroman recently beat a high-profile case, and now he's hoping for No Jumper host Ant Jefe to beat his murder charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Off On Treasure Wilson & Loren Lorosa Over His Alleged Lies About Kendrick Lamar DJ Akademiks has weighed in on Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour on several occasions in recent weeks. By Cole Blake May 11, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Calls “F*ck The Streets" A Tactic To Justify Working With Gunna Earlier this month, 21 Savage tweeted "f*ck the streets," which prompted various other artists to follow suit. By Caroline Fisher December 30, 2025
Music GloRilla Debunks Pregnancy Rumors While Courtside At Grizzlies Game GloRilla fans have been speculating about pregnancy rumors for weeks, but the Memphis star doesn't know what they're talking about. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music 21 Savage Reveals How He Helped Young Thug & YFN Lucci End Their Beef Young Thug and YFN Lucci made up publicly and chose to contribute verses to each other's 2025 albums as well. By Zachary Horvath December 12, 2025
Music Star Celebrates The Death Of Afrika Bambaataa Radio host Troi Torain, aka Star, seems to be pretty ecstatic about the recent news regarding Afrika Bambaataa. By Zachary Horvath April 10, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Gives Disabled Fan His Chain During Heartwarming Meeting After Chicago Show A longtime Lil Wayne fan finally got to meet her GOAT, 17 years after a health incident permanently altered her life. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Sports Bad Bunny Recalls Getting The Super Bowl Halftime Show Call From Jay-Z The NFL and Roc Nation announced that Bad Bunny will be serving as the next Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner on Sunday. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025