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Politics 50 Cent Reacts To NY Governor's Off-Base Claim About Black Kids & Computers: "WTF" Kathy Hochul has since retracted the wild statement. By Caroline Fisher May 09, 2024
Music Normani Shares Seductive Teaser For Long-Awaited Debut Album "Dopamine" The record will finally be arriving next month. By Lavender Alexandria May 23, 2024
Music Drake's Alleged Motivations Behind "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Revealed Loren Lorosa has reportedly spoken with sources close to Drake's camp for more information. By Cole Blake November 26, 2024
Music Travis Scott Makes Mind-Melting History With "Circus Maximus Tour" This record is going to be hard to beat. By Zachary Horvath November 25, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Gives His Highly-Anticipated Review Of Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Ak weighs in on Kung Fu Kenny's stunning project. By Zachary Horvath November 22, 2024
Music Baby Keem Speaks Out And Re-Affirms His Greatness Amid "Ca$ino" Criticism With "Ca$ino" being described as a disappointment by fans, Baby Keem is back on X to fight for his spot in the rap game. By Alexander Cole April 14, 2026
Music Jam Master Jay's Convicted Killer Isn't Being Freed Just Yet Karl Jordan Jr., one the of two convicted killers in the extensive Jam Master Jay case, was acquitted from his murder charges in Dec. 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 13, 2026
Music Young Thug Has A Strong Message To Flex On All His Opps Young Thug continues to get a lot of backlash for his new music and his post-YSL RICO trial behavior, but he isn't sweating over criticism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Thinks Young Thug & Lil Baby Will End Up Like Pooh Shiesty DJ Akademiks criticized Young Thug and Lil Baby for "playing gangster" amid Pooh Shiesty's arrest for allegedly kidnapping Gucci Mane. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2026
Music Meek Mill Issues Fiery Response To Charlamagne Tha God’s Career Criticism During a recent episode of his podcast, Charlamagne Tha God claimed that Meek Mill never fully recovered from his feud with Drake. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music James Blake Asks To Be Removed From Kanye West's New Album "Bully" James Blake worked with Kanye West on the "Bully" track "This One Here," but he no longer wants credit on the song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2026
Music Angie Stone's Daughter Slams Claressa Shields For Mistaking Her Mom For Jill Scott Angie Stone's daughter Diamond Stone called out Claressa Shields for mistakenly calling her late mother Jill Scott while speaking on a song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026