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Music Kanye West's New Album "BULLY" Projected To Sell Over 250K First Week New predictions regarding first week sales for Kanye West's "BULLY" reportedly stem from pre-saves, pre-orders, and other factors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 14, 2026
Music Michael Jackson's Estate Slams Sexyy Red's Explicit "Beat It" Remix Sexyy Red received a lot of hate from fans after teasing a very raunchy remix of Michael Jackson's hit "Beat It." By Zachary Horvath February 12, 2026
Music J. Cole's First Week Sales For "The Fall-Off" Surge To New Heights J. Cole finally treated fans to his long-awaited seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off," on Friday and it's already off to a hot start. By Cole Blake February 09, 2026
Music Laura Ingraham Mistakes Nicki Minaj For Cardi B During Cringeworthy On-Air Moment Laura Ingraham was discussing Nicki Minaj's appearance at a Donald Trump event when she incorrectly attributed her rival's song to her. By Zachary Horvath January 29, 2026
Music DJ Clue Addresses J. Cole’s Rumored “Birthday Blizzard ‘26” Disses During a recent interview, DJ Clue discussed J. Cole's new collection of freestyles, "Birthday Blizzard '26." By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Flashes Trump Gold Card, Suggests She Fast-Tracked U.S. Citizenship An old post in which Nicki Minaj admitted to being an illegal immigrant recently resurfaced amid backlash for her support for Donald Trump. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Dodges Mansion Sale By Satisfying Guard's $500,000 Default Judgement Nicki Minaj has been at risk of losing her $20 million dollar house over this alleged assault lawsuit that had been active since 2021. By Zachary Horvath January 22, 2026
Sports Toosii’s Syracuse Football Dreams Are Now In Question Earlier this week, Syracuse football coach Fran Brown revealed that Toosii may no longer be joining the Orange. By Caroline Fisher January 22, 2026
Music J. Cole Details His Creative Process Behind "Disc 2 Track 2" From "The Fall-Off" J. Cole will finally be releasing his highly anticipated project, "The Fall-Off," as his seventh studio album, next month. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Pop Culture Chelsea Handler Praises 50 Cent For His Endless Trolling Of Diddy Chelsea Handler even joked that she should consider getting back together with 50 Cent during the podcast episode. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Turk Implies Lil Wayne Would've Gone To No Limit "Verzuz" If He Was There Although Turk has his issues with Cash Money, his recent claim about Lil Wayne and the No Limit "Verzuz" is not as shady as you might think. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Says Mom Begged Him To Get With Rihanna His mother had been planting the RiRi seed in his head for years. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026