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Music Another One! Kendrick Lamar & SZA Snag Fifth No. 1 Week For "luther" On Billboard Hot 100 Kendrick Lamar and SZA are catching flack and praise everywhere they go, whether for "luther," the Grand National tour, or other collabs. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
Music Ab-Soul Has Fans Talking After Candid X Posts Ab-Soul's latest posts on X read like a conversation with himself, leaving fans to interpret the rapper's message. By Erika Marie June 29, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Believes All Of Drake's Beefs Are Because Of Jay-Z Amid recent shots between Drake and Jay-Z, DJ Akademiks claimed Drizzy's past enemies like Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T were just Hov's pawns. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026
Music JAŸ-Z Teams Up With Rick Rubin For Eight-Part Docuseries, "JAŸ-Z In 8" JAŸ-Z and Rick Rubin are sitting down for an eight-part series about the life of one of hip-hop's most important artists. By Alexander Cole June 25, 2026
Relationships Sophie Brussaux's Wedding Footage Surfaces Online And Drake Is Nowhere To Be Found Sophie Brussaux officially married Efe Caliskan over the weekend, while Drake was away in Houston for Father's Day. By Alexander Cole June 24, 2026
Music All Four Of Foolio's Convicted Murderers Receive Life In Prison Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy, and Rashad Murphy have received their sentence for killing Foolio. By Alexander Cole June 22, 2026
Music Beyoncé Narrates Jay-Z's Roots Picnic Hair Transformation Jay-Z received plenty of reactions for changing up his hair, and now, Beyoncé is showing off the secret behind that change. By Alexander Cole June 22, 2026
Music Oschino Explains Why Dame Dash Deserves More Credit For Kanye West’s Success Than Jay-Z Oschino provides insight into Ye's relationship with Jay-Z during his early days with Roc-A-Fella. By Aron A. June 22, 2026
Relationships Kanye West & A Bikini-Clad Bianca Censori Bring Back The Mannequin Challenge While the Mannequin Challenge has been out of style for years, Kanye West and Bianca Censori have decided to bring it back. By Alexander Cole June 22, 2026
Music GoldLink Addresses His Infamous Mac Miller Comments In New Freestyle Seven years ago, GoldLink's career was derailed after an Instagram tribute in which he addressed Mac Miller. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2026
Music Joe Budden's Cohosts Push Back On His Dislike Of Jay-Z's Drake Diss Joe Budden thought Jay-Z wasted time by dissing Drake, Nicki Minaj, and others during his recent freestyle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2026
Music Isaiah Rashad Says He Doesn't Get "Frank Ocean Perks" It's been years since Isaiah Rashad's sexuality was first questioned, and now he's opening up about how he's being received by the public. By Erika Marie May 29, 2026