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Music Playboi Carti's "I AM MUSIC" Promised To Be The Biggest Debut Of 2025 Early reports show that Playboi Carti is set to be the biggest artist in hip-hop with his new album's streaming numbers top GNX & $$$4U. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 15, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Updates New Album "MUSIC" On Spotify To Fix Mixing Issues Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC" has some of his most distorted, noisy, and chaotic instrumentals yet, and fans are loving it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Bizarre Comparison Between Nazism And Bisexuality Kanye West has frequently posted about Nazism and antisemitism since going on an unhinged X rant last month. By Caroline Fisher March 15, 2025
Music Diddy's Ex Bodyguard Speaks On His Disdain For Irv Gotti After Murder Inc. Mogul's Passing Gene Deal also brought up 50 Cent's 2000 shooting and how Diddy's team exploited Biggie's late mom during his new interview. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Claims "MUSIC" Follow Up Album "BABY BOI" Is "OTW" Playboi Carti took years to drop his third album, but now he's claiming that he's ready to go with the fourth one. By Elias Andrews March 15, 2025
Music 2Pac Murder Suspect Keefe D Breaks Down About Being Away From Grandkids In Prison Keefe D is currently behind bars at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas awaiting his trial, which begins next year. By Caroline Fisher March 14, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Disses A$AP Relli With A Direct Shot On Playboi Carti's "GOOD CREDIT" A$AP Relli has been in the news thanks to his testimony in the A$AP Rocky case and now he is getting dissed by the biggest rappers. By Alexander Cole March 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Praises "Don" Playboi Carti Ahead Of "I AM MUSIC" Release Kanye West has been touted as a major contributor on Carti's new album, but he gave his endorsement as a pure fan. By Elias Andrews March 13, 2025
Music Drake Teases "$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U" Announcement With Cryptic Posts Drake flooded social media with photos brandishing specific phrases and the branding design from his last album. By Elias Andrews March 13, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Allegedly Featured On Playboi Carti's "I AM MUSIC" And He's Taking Shots Again This would mark Kendrick Lamar and Playboi Carti's first collaboration, and joins other rumored "I AM MUSIC" guests like Lil Uzi Vert. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Playboi Carti's A-List Features For New Album "I AM MUSIC" Playboi Carti will finally release his long-awaited "I AM MUSIC" album this Friday (March 14) ahead of his Rolling Loud California set. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2025
Music Lil Tjay & Offset Go Back And Forth Again Over Their $10,000 Gambling Dispute Offset has offered to arrange things with Lil Tjay; however, it's not really what the New York rapper is looking for. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025