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Music NBA YoungBoy Goes Viral For McDonald's Play Place Video YB is spotted in a rare, lighthearted moment. By Tallie Spencer November 27, 2025
Music Drake Reacts To Kendrick Lamar Fan Account Being Exposed For Posting From India X (formerly Twitter) has begun implementing a feature to reveal where accounts are posting from and it's led to plenty of drama. By Cole Blake November 25, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Gets Dragged Online For Controversial Michael Jackson Take Kid Cudi recently said he's taking a long break from music, looking to other creative fields that he thinks Michael Jackson wasn't known for. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025
Music Ja Rule Responds To Tasha K's Report That He Was Jumped By Max B & His Crew Tasha K started a firestorm last night, claiming Ja Rule was allegedly jumped by Max B and his crew backstage at a Monica and Brandy show. By Zachary Horvath November 21, 2025
Viral Ice Spice's New Song For Upcoming "SpongeBob" Movie Has Reached Meme Status Ice Spice may have the next inescapable soundtrack hit on her hands with "Big Guy," which is for the next "SpongeBob" movie coming this year. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Young Thug & Quavo's Link-Up After Tour Tease Draws Harsh Reactions Following the jail call leaks, fans have speculated about are Young Thug's "rap buddies" are these days. It seems Quavo's one of the few. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Diddy Must Hand Over His "Freak-Off" Tapes & Recording Devices This part of Diddy's recent prison sentence for prostitution charges relates to items that federal authorities seized back in March of 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music YNW Bortlen’s New Mugshot Surfaces As He Begins 10-Year Sentence In YNW Melly Case Last month, YNW Bortlen accepted a plea deal in his double murder case just a day before his trial was set to begin. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2025
Music Diddy Approved For Prison Drug Program But There's A Twist Diddy's team was pushing for him to be rehabilitated without the prison time, but the mogul will still be receiving the help he needs. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Yung Miami Shows Love To Saucy Santana In Heartfelt Birthday Post Recently, Saucy Santana got wrapped up in feuds with both Nicki Minaj and Yung Miami's former City Girls group mate, JT. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Travis Scott And Kendrick Lamar's "goosebumps" Dethrones Drake For Highest-Certified Rap Song Ever Travis Scott stunned the rap world in 2016 when he was able to nab a then secret Kendrick Lamar feature. Now, it's his biggest hit ever. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025