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Music Cardi B's "AM I THE DRAMA" Sees Decent Drop In Early Second-Week Sales Update Drops in sales numbers are normal but given how big Cardi B is and how long the wait was for the LP, this slip is a bit shocking. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Documentary Pulls Off Impressive Opening Weekend Despite Lack Of Promotion The Nico Ballesteros-directed documentary "In Whose Name?" was filmed over six years of Kanye West's life. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Summer Walker Confirms She’s Content With Life After Chris Brown Kiss Recently, Chris Brown invited Summer Walker to join him onstage for a performance of "Take You Down" in Las Vegas. By Caroline Fisher September 22, 2025
Music D4vd’s “Romantic Homicide” Climbs Charts After Missing Teen Is Found In His Tesla The body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, who went missing last year, was found in an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd this month. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Drake Becomes First Artist Ever With 120 Billion Spotify Streams While Drake can certainly coast off of the continued commercial success of his catalog, he's still putting in work to add another chapter. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music Cardi B Disses JT With Scathing Lil Uzi Vert Bars On "Am I The Drama?" Cardi B takes aim at several of her rivals on her new album, "Am I The Drama?," which she put out on Friday. By Cole Blake September 19, 2025
Music Cardo Gets Into It With PlaqueBoyMax After Making "Rap Dying" Statement PlaqueBoyMax has been involved in a fair share of beefs since getting more entrenched in rap, his biggest being with Fivio Foreign. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2025
Music Cardi B Reveals Dates For "Little Miss Drama" Tour Cardi B is finally embarking on her first-ever headlining tour after the release of her new album, "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Music Cardi B Finally Reveals Star-Studded Features For New Album "Am I The Drama?" Cardi B is finally giving fans more insight into her long-awaited sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?" which drops on Friday. By Cole Blake September 15, 2025
Music N.O.R.E. Defends His Revelation About Pusha T's Angry Drake & Pharrell Phone Call N.O.R.E. claimed that Pusha T angrily called him when Pharrell refused to choose between him and Drake in a "Drink Champs" interview. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 14, 2025
Music Drake, Yeat, & Julia Wolf's "Dog House" Has Strong Spotify Opening Day Drake, Yeat, and Julia Wolf's "DOG HOUSE" was the most-streamed rap song of the day when it dropped, a potentially encouraging sign. By Devin Morton September 14, 2025
Music Cardi B To Drop "Imaginary Players" Single For "AM I THE DRAMA?" Sooner Than You Think Cardi B put out the lead single, "Outside," on June 20. Her sophomore LP will also feature older hits "Up" and "WAP." By Zachary Horvath August 11, 2025