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Relationships Rihanna Appears To Get Testy With A$AP Rocky At The Gotham Awards Fans have been debating whether Rihanna was actually mad with A$AP Rocky when she wanted to leave the event. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Music Drake Ends 2025 As The Most-Streamed Artist On Apple Music Listeners on Apple Music can access their "Replay '25" to see what they've been playing most throughout the last year. By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Roasts DJ Khaled For Showing Off Freezer Full Of Ice Cream A video of DJ Khaled showing off a massive freezer filled entirely with various ice cream products has been circulating online. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025
Music Marc Lamont Hill Goes Off On Brian McKnight For Claiming He Could "Destroy" Him Marc Lamont Hill labeled Brian McKnight an "asshole" and explained his reasoning in lengthy detail on "The Joe Budden Podcast." By Cole Blake November 26, 2025
Music Police Clarify Celeste Rivas’ Body Was Not Decapitated Or Frozen Police found Celeste Rivas' body in the trunk of a vehicle registered to the singer, D4vd, back in September. By Cole Blake November 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Wishes Death On Rory While Crashing Out On Him & Mal Amid Rory's alleged racist old tweets controversy, DJ Akademiks posted pictures of him in public with his child. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music King Combs Targeted In Attempted Burglary At Home With His Girlfriend Diddy's son Christian "King" Combs and King's girlfriend Raven Tracy were reportedly in Bali when the attempted burglary went down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music J. Cole Says Roc Nation Helped Him Secure His Masters In New Deal Shift J. Cole says Roc Nation blessed him. By Tallie Spencer March 27, 2026
Music Cardi B Cancels Butt Reduction Plans After a show in Los Angeles last month, Cardi B vowed to go overseas after her tour to have a butt reduction. By Caroline Fisher March 25, 2026
Music Latto Steps Out With Baby Bump For The First Time Since "Big Mama" Reveal Latto is dropping her new album "Big Mama" later this year, and announced she's expecting a child with 21 Savage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Takeoff's Murder Suspect Enlists High-Profile Lawyers Ahead Of Trial Patrick Xavier Clark recently got a date for the murder trial of Takeoff, who was fatally shot in Houston in 2022. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Has No Sympathy For J. Cole's Explanation Of Kendrick Lamar Apology DJ Akademiks has been very critical of J. Cole in the past, especially in regards to his apology to Kendrick Lamar amid the Drake beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026