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Music Young Thug Teases Big Plans For Today As Snitching Scandal Continues Young Thug is still working on his fourth studio album, "UY Scuti," which will mark his first project since getting out of jail. By Cole Blake September 02, 2025
Music Drake's "Take Care" Sees Biggest Streaming Day On Spotify 14 Years After Its Release Many believe "Take Care" is Drake's best body of work already, so a wild stat like this will only make their stance firmer. By Zachary Horvath September 01, 2025
Music Funkmaster Flex Clarifies His Shocking “Last Show” Post Funkmaster Flex is not actually retiring and is simply moving into a new time slot at Hot 97 after Labor Day. By Cole Blake August 29, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Says The Alchemist Postponed Their Album At The Last Minute Erykah Badu previewed new collaborations with The Alchemist while performing her musical special with Amazon Music. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 29, 2025
Music Offset's "KIARI" Headed For Disappointing Debut On The Hot 200 Despite Positive Reviews Offset's third studio album has been his most lauded by fans and critics, but the early sales projections don't reflect that sadly. By Zachary Horvath August 27, 2025
Tech Kanye West Says His Instagram Account Was Hacked Following Cryptocurrency Launch Kanye West's attempt at getting into the cryptocurrency industry has not gone as planned as his social media now compromised. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Gives Disabled Fan His Chain During Heartwarming Meeting After Chicago Show A longtime Lil Wayne fan finally got to meet her GOAT, 17 years after a health incident permanently altered her life. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Drake Appears To Have Purchased 2Pac's Iconic Death Row Chain In New Instagram Post Drake is currently in Copenhagen as part of his EU tour, and he recently showed off the Death Row chain he appears to have purchased. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Reveals 50 Cent & Scarface Were His Earliest Rap Inspirations Freddie Gibbs is one of the premier gangsta rap voices of our time and we have 50 Cent and Scarface to thank for his career existing. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Hypes Up New Album By Cutting His Dreads Off Soulja Boy threw it back to the old days by getting a new haircut before "Draco Season," his new album dropping this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2025
Music Fivio Foreign Wants To Box PlaqueBoyMax Months After Viral Spat It looks like Fivio Foreign is still not over his short-lived beef with PlaqueBoyMax, which started during a stream in January. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Sports Drake's Son Adonis Hangs Out With Kevin Durant Drake is stirring up a lot of chatter online with this picture thanks to his falling out with LeBron James. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025