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Music Slipknot Singer Corey Taylor Shows Love To Kendrick Lamar With Brief Acoustic Cover Of "TV Off" Kendrick Lamar's single, "TV Off," has remained one of the most popular songs off of his latest album, "GNX." By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music 21 Savage Reveals His Stance On Rap Beef When Asked About Drake & Kendrick Lamar In a resurfaced interview, 21 Savage was asked whether or not he thinks Drake and Kendrick Lamar could ever squash their beef. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music Travis Scott Celebrates His Birthday With Drake's "Nokia" As The Soundtrack Travis Scott and Drake were previously seen speaking to each other at Michael Rubin's annual Fourth of July party. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 04, 2025
Music Audio Of Cassie Allegedly Threatening To Kill An Escort Releases To The Public The Diddy trial continues in New York, and now, the public is being made privy to an audio recording of Cassie issuing alleged threats. By Alexander Cole June 19, 2025
Music J. Cole Claims "First Person Shooter" Was Originally A Drake & Kendrick Lamar Collab In many fans' eyes, Drake and J. Cole's 2023 "For All The Dogs" collaboration is what sparked Kendrick Lamar's disses in 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's New Album "Don't Be Dumb" Gains 500K Pre-Saves On Spotify Alone A$AP Rocky is dropping the "Punk Rocky" single off of his upcoming album "Don't Be Dumb" tomorrow, so the hype is getting even more real. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2026
Music Mariah The Scientist Confirms Young Thug's Release Date For New Album "UY SCUTI" Young Thug just dropped "Money On Money" with Future, his first single since his prison release. The new album "UY SCUTI" isn't far behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Has Been Effectively Blacklisted From Performing In Europe Kanye West has given a couple of recent performances in Asia and previewed other planned concerts in Central Europe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Doechii Responds To Backlash Over Treatment Of Her Team At The Met Gala Many thought Doechii was being hard on her assistants before her arrival at the Met Gala, but the rapper is more than thankful for their work. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Reportedly Released From Prison And Transferred To Unknown Location NBA YoungBoy may have been transferred to a halfway house or back to his home if this is true, but we're still waiting on more reports. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
Music Jacksonville Rapper Lil Poppa Dead At 25 The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed that Lil Poppa was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. ET today. By Caroline Fisher February 18, 2026
Music R Kelly Reportedly Seeks Presidential Pardon From Donald Trump Amid Alleged Prison Murder Plot R Kelly's lawyers reportedly filed an emergency motion to release him from prison due to an alleged murder plot against him behind bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025