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Music Nas Praises Kendrick Lamar As The “North Star” Of Hip-Hop Nas discussed Kendrick Lamar's “Watch the Party Die" single and reflected on his own song, “Hip Hop Is Dead." By Cole Blake October 08, 2025
Music Don Toliver Confirms He’s Dropping A New Album In 2025 In his new "FAULT Magazine" cover story, Don Toliver says his new album is what he's looking forward to revealing the most this year. By Caroline Fisher July 25, 2025
Music Fat Joe Credits Drake For Hip-Hop's Dominance On The Billboard Hot 100 Fat Joe and Jadakiss also predicted that Drake's next album, "Iceman," will be a major success on the charts. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Reveals New Deposition Clip As "Grand National Tour" Continues Kendrick Lamar's use of deposition skits come as Drake is taking legal action against Universal Music Group. By Cole Blake September 25, 2025
Music Kehlani Reveals She Has Full Custody Of Her Daughter, Touches On Cult Allegations In the summer of 2024, Kehlani and ex-boyfriend Javie Young-White were in a heated custody battle over their now six-year-old daughter. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Bronx Rapper Suave Drilly Murdered Outside Of Parole Office 27-year-old rapper Suave Drilly was reportedly shot and killed in the South Bronx earlier this week. Police still haven't made any arrests. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
TV Drake Blesses Kai Cenat's Streamer University Students With An OVO Care Package Kai Cenat officially started Streamer University last night, and as it turns out, Drake was there to offer up a care package. By Alexander Cole July 16, 2026
Sports Drake Hilariously Taunts Shohei Ohtani & The Dodgers As The Blue Jays Take World Series Lead You have to imagine that Drake is a little more invested in this World Series matchup given that it is his Jays are going up against LA. By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025
Music Karrahbooo Reacts To Jorjiana's Lil Yachty Collab & Seems To Dismiss Beef With an alleged tweet-and-delete this week, Karrahbooo seemed to dismiss Jorjiana's diss track and not care for the Lil Yachty track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Says He's "Not Perfect" In Apology For Controversial "Lightyear" Comments Snoop Dogg apologized for his comments about a lesbian couple in "Lightyear," and seems interested in using it as a learning experience. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025
Music Kanye West Had Courtroom In Stitches After "N***** In Paris" Joke During Copyright Trial Kanye West is currently in the midst of a copyright trial involving his album, "DONDA," but that isn't stopping him from cracking jokes. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music Drake's Civil RICO Lawsuit Has The Internet Picking Sides Some folks believe Drake should be held accountable for his Stake promotion, while others believe this is a frivolous attempt to squeeze cash. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026