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Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Announce Release Date For Collab Album "Abi & Alan" The Alchemist and Erykah Badu's collaboration has drawn some controversy, but fans are still very excited for what they have in store. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music RZA Suggests Rihanna & ASAP Rocky Name Their Third Child After Ol’ Dirty Bastard When asked why he thinks Rihanna and ASAP Rocky should name their child after Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA said "the legend must live on." By Caroline Fisher August 14, 2025
Music Canceled GloRilla Concert Results In $2.5M Lawsuit Esmail Entertainment recently filed a lawsuit against Shaw Management Enterprises over allegedly forged contracts tied to a GloRilla show. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Drake Sparks Jet2holidays Collab Rumors With New Tour Photo Dump Drake is currently making his way around Europe and the UK on his tour alongside his "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" collaborator, PartyNextDoor. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Music Quavo's Rocket Foundation Launches Emergency Trauma Fund After Atlanta Shootings The Rocket Foundation reports that 49 people were the victims of gun violence in Quavo's hometown of Atlanta, last weekend. By Cole Blake July 31, 2025
Music Ray J Recalls Trying Hard Drugs After Whitney Houston's Death Ray J was famously dating Whitney Houston at the time of her tragic death in 2012 when she was just 48 years old. By Cole Blake July 29, 2025
Music Clipse Perform "Chains & Whips" At Hot 97 & Denim Tears Summer Block Party In NYC Clipse pulled up to the Denim Tears & Hot 97 Summer Block Party and performed some tracks from their comeback album for the New York crowd. By Devin Morton July 27, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee Give "Which One" Its Live Debut During Manchester Concert The "Iceman" hype gets stronger by the day, and Central Cee couldn't miss out on Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's current UK tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Leaked Snippets Tease Deep-Voiced Playboi Carti Carti fans finally get a hint of what to expect from "MUSIC". By Ben Mock July 30, 2023
Music Kodak Black Performs "Shaka Laka" Verse At Rolling Loud Black gave fans the first live performance of his 6ix9ine collab. By Ben Mock July 22, 2023
Music Nas Shows Off His Hennessy Collaboration Nas recently posed alongside a limited-edition "HenNASsy" bottle. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2023
Music Drake Celebrates First New York City Show With New Bars Brooklyn showed love to the Boy at the Barclays Center. By Aron A. July 18, 2023