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Streetwear Megan Thee Stallion Makes Heads Turn With Steamy Courtside Look Megan Thee Stallion bundled up but still showed off her curves while supporting her man Klay Thompson at his Christmas Day NBA game. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 26, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes Kendrick Lamar Is Suffering From "List Fatigue" DJ Akademiks reacted less than positively to Kendrick Lamar's slot on Consequence's top 20 vocalists list, arguing he's too lauded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music Hassan Campbell Reacts To Reports Of Afrika Bambaataa's Death Hassan Campbell was one of several people who accused Afrika Bambaataa of child molestation and sexual assault. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2026
Music Justin Bieber Reposts And Deletes Instagram Story Trashing Clipse's New Album Justin Bieber reposted (and swiftly deleted) an Instagram Story from a friend dissing Clipse and their fanbase. By Devin Morton July 13, 2025
Music Drake Gets Stream Sniped By Fans During Surprise "ICEMAN" Live Session Drake premiered a fiery new song titled "What Did I Miss?" during this "ICEMAN" livestream, and dropped it just a few hours later. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music The Game Reveals "Crack Music 2" With Kanye West Will Be On New Mixtape The Game only had part of the chorus on Kanye West's 2005 song "Crack Music," and it looks like he's giving a full verse now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music Joe Budden Explains Why He Didn't Like Jay-Z's Roots Picnic Freestyle Joe Budden went on his podcast this week to discuss the recent Jay-Z freestyle, and he did not mince words. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2026
Music Max B & Jim Jones' Beef Seemingly Reignited By Social Media Bots 50 Cent also resurfaced the beef on Instagram in the wake of Max B finally getting out of prison following his 2009 conviction. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music Birdman Reveals Why He's Been On Tour With NBA YoungBoy NBA YoungBoy will continue performing on his "Make America Slime Again Tour" through November 12, when he will wrap up in Seattle. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
Music Disguised Sexyy Red Runs Around Paris With DDG But No One Is Fooled Sexyy Red's raunchy style, fashion, and music made her a bonafide superstar in pop culture. In 2025, she created a mega hit with Bruno Mars. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 29, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Responds To Drake's Claim That They Might Be Cousins Drake and BenDaDonnn were having an argument about Memphis during a recent livestream, and they wanted Pooh Shiesty to settle the score. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2025
Music Drake Addresses UK Rappers Vs US Rappers, Claims Best Lyricists In The World Are From London Drake's history with UK hip hop includes signing Skepta to BBK, collaborating with Central Cee and Jorja Smith, and producing Top Boy. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 12, 2025