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Music 21 Savage Denies Using Bots After Spotify Allegedly Scrubs His Album Of 25 Million Streams DJ Akademiks says that 21 Savage messaged him to address the rumors about Spotify removing streams from his latest album. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Politics Drake's Dad Dennis Graham Defends "ICEMAN" Title Amid Recent Shootings Renee Good and Alex Pretti's deaths at the hands of ICE and USBP have caused debates around Drake's "ICEMAN," which Dennis Graham questioned. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Politics Ludacris & Nelly To Headline Country Music Festival Featuring Kid Rock Fans aren't happy to see Ludacris and Nelly performing at a festival celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. By Cole Blake January 13, 2026
Music Candace Owens Calls For A Constitutional Change So She Can Sample Kanye West Candace Owens has an "amazing new intro" she wants to use for her show but to sample Kanye West she has to pay an outrageous price for it. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Sports DJ Akademiks Thirsts Over Photos Of The Chef Stefon Diggs Allegedly Assaulted New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs is facing several charges of the alleged incident involving his former chef. By Cole Blake December 31, 2025
Music Joe Budden Suggests He Wants To Reconnect With Charlamagne Tha God Joe Budden and Charlamagne Tha God are believed to have a strained relationship, but it sounds like it's trending in the right direction. By Zachary Horvath December 24, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert Denies Dissing Playboi Carti On "Sasuke" Lil Uzi Vert's new song "Sasuke" isn't aimed at Playboi Carti. He promises. By Aron A. April 25, 2020
Music Lana Del Rey Isn't Backing Down: "The Culture Is Super Sick" Following a passionate open letter-turned-controversy, Lana Del Rey draws a comparison between herself and FKA Twigs. By Mitch Findlay May 25, 2020
Music Nas Meets Lil Nas X On The Grammy Stage For "Rodeo" Performance Lil Nas X brought out BTS, Diplo, and more for his Grammy performance. By Aron A. January 27, 2020
Music Fredo Bang Explains His "OG" Tweet After Kodak Black & T.I. Beef Speaking with VLAD TV, Fredo Bang spoke on his friendship with YNW Melly and also explained his message to the OGs of hip-hop shortly after T.I. criticized Kodak Black's comments about Lauren London. By Keenan Higgins March 19, 2020
Music Action Bronson Squares Off With The Sauce On "Hot Ones" Beloved renaissance man and lyricist extraordinaire Action Bronson sits down for another go at the Hot Ones gauntlet. By Mitch Findlay August 13, 2020
Music The Weeknd's "After Hours" Has No Features "After Hours" will solely include vocals from The Weeknd while the singer hopes this project will help people through the Coronavirus pandemic. By Aron A. March 19, 2020