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Music Big Sean Gets Choked Up Reflecting On Nearly Giving Up On His Rap Aspirations: Watch Sean credits his mom helping him attack his dreams head on. By Zachary Horvath August 03, 2024
Music Soulja Boy Issues Threatening Warning To DDG Amid Halle Bailey Allegations It's a bit ironic to see Soulja Boy vowing to fight DDG for Halle Bailey considering he's dealing with severe allegations too. By Zachary Horvath May 14, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Lands In Japan To Film “Mamushi” Music Video Megan Thee Stallion will be returning to D.C. for a show afterward. By Cole Blake July 21, 2024
Music Young Thug & YSL's New Judge Suggests Trial Might Delay Until August It seems like the Young Thug and YSL RICO case might have its jury return to court a little later than anticipated to prepare accordingly. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2024
Music ScHoolboy Q Blasts OVO For Not Allowing TDE Artists In Toronto Q is not happy. By Elias Andrews July 17, 2024
Sports Snoop Dogg's Hilarious Reaction To Steve Kerr's Ejection Goes Viral Snoop Dogg joined Terry Gannon and Reggie Miller in the broadcast booth as officials tossed Steve Kerr from the game. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music 21 Savage’s “What Happened To The Streets?” Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections Last week, 21 Savage dropped his fourth studio album "What Happened To The Streets?" just days after announcing it. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music Timothée Chalamet Finally Answers Whether Or Not He's Really EsDeeKid EsDeeKid is a rising rapper in the UK underground, and there are legions of fans who believe he is actually Timothée Chalamet. By Alexander Cole December 11, 2025
Music J. Cole Fails To Release "The Fall Off" Despite Rumors Of A Surprise Drop Hip-Hop media personalities were claiming that J. Cole might be dropping on Friday, but in the end, we were had. By Alexander Cole January 09, 2026
Music Cam’ron Admits He Never Planned To Follow Through On J. Cole Lawsuit During a recent episode of his podcast, Cam'ron confirmed that his lawsuit against J. Cole has officially been dropped. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music DJ Whoo Kid Says Lucian Grainge Mysteriously Called Him After Drake’s “Push Ups” Dropped DJ Whoo Kid shares some insight on the inclusion of his DJ drop on Drake's "Push Ups. By Aron A. May 07, 2026
Music Drake Surprises Streamer With Generous Gift During “ICEMAN” Sculpture Visit Twitch streamer BigMonRaph recently stopped by Drake's massive ice installation in Toronto, and it paid off. By Caroline Fisher April 21, 2026