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Music Azealia Banks Claims Nobody Wants To Work With Kanye West After Offensive Tweets Azealia Banks has had a lot to say about Kanye West in recent days, along with his bizarre social media rants. By Caroline Fisher April 23, 2025
Music Gordo Tries To Clown Mustard's Coachella Set By Asking Why Kendrick Lamar Didn't Show Up Gordo flaunted his international success while Mustard is on the road with Kendrick Lamar and SZA for the "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Introduces His New Children's Book To Memphis Preschoolers With A Read-A-Long NLE Choppa has received a tremendous amount of support from the LGTBQIA+ community for his support with performances at their events. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 21, 2025
Music Lil Durk Tries To Get Out Of Prison And Dismiss His Federal Indictment Via a new series of motions from his legal team, Lil Durk is questioning the evidence against him in his alleged murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Streetwear Waka Flocka Flame Accidentally Starts Beef With DDG Over The Latter's Fashion Choices DDG sternly told Waka Flocka Flame to stop speaking on his name, and Waka Flocka Flame seemed to oblige... Or did he? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Diddy's Judge Orders Cassie To Hand Over Memoir Drafts And Allows Anonymous Testimony Diddy's lawyers argued against the mogul's two alleged victims being able to testify against him anonymously. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Drake Wants Some Luther Vandross With His "Nokia," Using Kanye West's "Slow Jamz" Sample Drake's "Nokia" has raced to the top of the Billboard charts. Dueling against Kendrick Lamar's "luther," the hit sits at #2 this week. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Ashanti Shows Off Her Bootylicious Dance Moves At U.K. Show Ashanti is set to hit the road with her husband, Nelly, on his upcoming Where The Party At? Tour. Ashanti and Nelly were married in 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music UMG Hits Drake With An Ominous Warning After His Lawsuit Amendment Over Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Performance Drake updated his lawsuit against Universal Music Group with new arguments and the company isn't happy about it. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music Drake Reveals Which Albums He's The Most Of Proud Of Adin Ross got Drake to reflect on his career during their latest joint stream and the projects he's most fond of may surprise you. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music Doja Cat Teases Tracklist For New Album And Fans Are Furious About Some Major Omissions Doja Cat has been hyping up her highly-anticipated fifth studio album, "Vie," for a number of months at this point. By Cole Blake April 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Doubles Down On His Dislike Of "MBDTF" By Praising This Divisive LP Instead There's no real answer for the best Kanye West album, but even his own assessment of his discography will ruffle many feathers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025