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Music Kanye West Breaks New Record, Thanks To SoFi Stadium Show Ye's SoFi Stadium shows helped him hold the new record for the highest-grossing concert by a rapper. By Aron A. July 24, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Slams OTF Jam's Testimony In Lil Durk's Trial While Boosie Badazz is very critical of the Lil Durk trial's witness, others like Charleston White have a bit more grace for OTF Jam. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2026
Music Mal Claims J. Cole's Dreamville Crew Doesn't Like Him Mal's past comments on J. Cole allegedly rubbed the Dreamville team the wrong way, but he said he never had any intention to disrespect them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2026
TV Funk Flex Has Harsh Words For Jay-Z And Charlamagne Tha God Funk Flex recently took to Hot97 where he offered up some commentary on Charlamagne Tha God and his ties to Jay-Z. By Alexander Cole July 07, 2026
Sports Chris Brown Says The Super Bowl Needs Him After Bad Bunny's Halftime Show Chris Brown doesn't appear to have been a fan of Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday. By Cole Blake February 09, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Fans Debate Common Homages On New Songs Kendrick Lamar interpolated "The Light" on the new Baby Keem album, whereas J. Cole paid homage to Common on "The Fall-Off." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 20, 2026
Music Michael Eric Dyson Apologizes To Jay-Z For Spilling Details About Their Texts Michael Eric Dyson said Jay-Z disagreed with his comparison of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" to Donald Trump's political identity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Relationships Rihanna Appears To Get Testy With A$AP Rocky At The Gotham Awards Fans have been debating whether Rihanna was actually mad with A$AP Rocky when she wanted to leave the event. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Revealed That He And Tupac Will Both Appear In New Sega Video Game Sega's Stranger Than Heaven features Tupac Shakur as a character named Amaru, with the rapper's estate approving it for the 2027 release. By Ben Atkinson June 08, 2026
Music Fans Think Drake Mocked A$AP Rocky's Facial Scar While Vibing To "Burning Bridges" Drake was at the NOCTA Manor Party on Tuesday evening, and some believe he took a shot at A$AP Rocky during it. By Alexander Cole July 22, 2026
Music Drake Fans Aren't Allowed To Touch His "ICEMAN" Structure Drake says that he'll finally reveal the release date for his highly anticipated album, "ICEMAN," when the structure melts. By Cole Blake April 20, 2026
Music Drake's Sound Engineer Reveals Original Tracklists For "ICEMAN," "HABIBTI" & "MAID OF HONOUR" Fans wonder what could have been. By Tallie Spencer June 04, 2026