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Music SNL's Michael Che Confronts Kanye West Backstage In Unearthed Clip From 2018 This one of many new pieces of Kanye West footage that's available now thanks to his new documentary that's currently in theaters. By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Queen Latifah Breaks Her Silence Amid Viral Death Rumors The latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax is Queen Latifah, but according to her, she's alive and well. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2026
Music Memphis Bleek Jokes He Would've Defended Drake In Kendrick Lamar Beef For A Verse Memphis Bleek also argued that the feud won't be career-ending for Drake, noting the success of his recent single, "Nokia." By Cole Blake September 22, 2025
Relationships Drake Reveals He Bought Saweetie's Viral Bentley And Gave It Back To Quavo Drake recalled the story involving Quavo and Saweetie while livestreaming with BenDaDonnn, earlier this week. By Cole Blake December 23, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Says He's Done Giving Release Dates For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky's long-awaited project, "Don't Be Dumb," will be his first album since dropping "Testing" back in 2018. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Rick Ross Teases A New Single Produced By J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League With Some Shady Subliminals Rick Ross has largely been a feature artist in 2025, but it appears he's looking to mount a comeback and doing some with some venomous bars. By Zachary Horvath September 10, 2025
Music Rick Ross Goes Off On 50 Cent After His Latest Trolling Attempt Backfires This is far from the first time 50 Cent and Rick Ross have traded shots with one another on social media. By Cole Blake July 24, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Threatened To “Drug” And “Pimp” Danity Kane Members During a recent interview, Diddy's former bodyguard Gene Deal reflected on the mogul's relationship with Danity Kane. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music JID Still Wants To Rap With Kendrick Lamar After J. Cole Apology JID explained on "The Joe Budden Podcast" why J Cole's apology to Kendrick Lamar for a diss song deserves more respect and nuanced discussion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025
Music Dismembered Body Found In D4vd's Car Identified By Police Authorities discovered the body in a car registered to D4vd while he was performing on his "Withered" world tour. By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Music Drake Jokes That Adonis Isn't His "Mini-Me" Anymore Drake shares his only son, Adonis Graham, with Sophie Brussaux, who welcomed him back in October of 2017. By Cole Blake December 24, 2025
Music Drake Pokes Fun At Memes About Him While Sharing Fan's Beat Recreation "Drake be like" memes were inescapable back in 2010, but these days, the assessment of that era is nowhere near as derogatory. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026