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Music The Game Responds After Being Exposed For Using Same Pick-up Line On Multiple Women The Game is still trying to find love and making things worse is that his go-to pick-up line isn't working. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music Did JID Diss J. Cole? Dreamville Rapper Lashes Out At Label Boss & BET Awards In Deleted Tweets JID seemingly had some words for BET and J. Cole is a pair of since-deleted tweets. By Aron A. May 20, 2026
Music Cardi B Seemingly Trolls JT Again With Response To New Diss Track Cardi B and JT have now launched various diss tracks against one another, although it seems like their overt shots have turned subliminal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music What Time Is Drake Dropping "ICEMAN" Episode 4? Drake is looking to make a big splash on Thursday, and it appears as though he has set a time for "ICEMAN" Episode 4. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
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 JAŸ-Z Teams Up With Rick Rubin For Eight-Part Docuseries, "JAŸ-Z In 8" JAŸ-Z and Rick Rubin are sitting down for an eight-part series about the life of one of hip-hop's most important artists. By Alexander Cole June 25, 2026
Music Ice Cube Breaks Silence On Mysterious Portland Bus Fire Ice Cube appears to believe that his crew's bus could have allegedly been intentionally set on fire in Portland. By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2025
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 Man Who Dropped Paternity Lawsuit Against Jay-Z Says He's Not Done Fighting Yet Rymir Satterthwaite has been trying to prove that Jay-Z is his father since 2010. After dropping this latest suit, he says he's not done yet. By Devin Morton July 27, 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 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 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