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Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Passionately Debates If Lil Wayne Can Return To Peak Form Lil Wayne will always be one of the most undoubted hip-hop legends, but the Joe Budden panel can't see eye to eye on what he can accomplish. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Proves Women Prefer Drake Over Kendrick Lamar By Turning Up With Girls On A Boat This narrative has been around Drake's music for years, and it seems that DJ Akademiks is saying that this is why he's better than Kendrick. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Is Finally Back On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" boasts a short but satisfying update this week thanks to new music from Playboi Carti, Freddie Gibbs, and Key Glock. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Will Smith Reveals Features And Release Date For "Based On A True Story" Will Smith has been flirting with a musical return, and now we have actually the details for his comeback release. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Playboi Carti Loathes The Deadbeat Dad Narrative Against Him Playboi Carti just released his long-awaited album "MUSIC," which DJ Akademiks claimed already sold 145K units due to pre-sales. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Playboi Carti’s Impressive “I AM MUSIC” Pre-Sale Numbers Last night, Playboi Carti finally confirmed the release date of his eagerly anticipated new album, "I AM MUSIC." By Caroline Fisher March 13, 2025
Music Drake Officially Returns To The Top 10 On Billboard Amid Kendrick Lamar's Dominance Drake's "NOKIA" recently topped the Apple Music charts for the first time, whereas Kendrick Lamar cinched another week atop Billboard. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 10, 2025
Music Tupac Shakur's Early Songs & Lyrics Up For Sale With A Staggering $250K Price Tag This follows other stories and discoveries concerning Tupac's career, such as an A&R's story about how 2Pac's album led to Eminem's rise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 09, 2025
Music Keefe D Claims Diddy Put Hit On Tupac For $1M In New Audio Used In Court While the audio doesn't feature the Bad Boy mogul's voice, it does feature Keefe laughing about his involvement with Vegas cops. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 13, 2024
Music 21 Savage Shares First Trailer For His Upcoming Biopic Three different actors will play the rapper at various stages in his life. By Lavender Alexandria January 08, 2024
Pop Culture Blueface Trolls Soulja Boy Further By Stepping On One Of His Plaques During Performance: Watch Who is going to fight Blueface first? By Zachary Horvath January 06, 2024
Relationships GloRilla Gives Dating Advice But Fans Aren't Feeling It Many people felt that Glo just shouldn't date multiple people. By Ben Mock January 06, 2024