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Music Travis Scott Says He’s Focused On Healing And Accountability After Astroworld Tragedy Travis Scott is committed towards healing. By Tallie Spencer January 22, 2026
Music SZA In The MCU As Storm? The Singer Wants To Play The Part SZA made her acting debut in 2025. The X-Men's Storm will join the MCU in phrase 7 along with the mutant race. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 22, 2025
Music Big Meech Seems To Shade 50 Cent By Wearing Kanye West "Graduation" Jacket Ever since Big Meech got out of prison and linked up with Rick Ross, 50 Cent has been relentless against his former "BMF" collaborator. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music Big U Makes His First Federal Court Appearance After RICO Arrest Big U's RICO Case drew a lot of controversy for how it roped in hip-hop media such as Wack 100 and No Jumper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Reacts To UMG’s Shady Motion To Dismiss Drake Lawsuit Universal Music Group recently called Drake's lawsuit a "misguided attempt to salve his wounds" following his battle with Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher March 19, 2025
Music Lil Durk Reveals The Release Date For "Deep Thoughts" Album Amid His Legal Woes Lil Durk has had to push back his next studio LP a few times (for obvious reasons), so hopefully this will be the set date. By Zachary Horvath March 18, 2025
Music Iggy Azalea Tells Kanye West To Leave Her Son Out Of Playboi Carti Drama According to Iggy Azalea, Kanye West's latest rant is only creating an unfortunate "digital legacy" for her son. By Caroline Fisher March 18, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Seems To Promise More New Music On The Way In Social Media Message From Prison Tory Lanez just dropped his new album "PETERSON," which he recorded in prison and conceptualized around his incarceration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Walks Away Unscathed From A Destructive Car Crash A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, who totaled his sports car in New York last night, has been pretty quiet since his "Better Off Alone" album in 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Grills xQc For Giving Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" An Extremely Negative Rating The live streamer is not the first to have a poor experience with Playboi Carti's "MUSIC," and it seems it will continue to divide listeners. By Zachary Horvath March 15, 2025
Music 50 Cent Claims "Opening Act" Rick Ross Has No Hits Without Drake 50 Cent continued his Rick Ross onslaught by questioning the latter's catalog, and noting that he has to open for others. By Elias Andrews March 12, 2025
Pop Culture Chrisean Rock & Jaidyn Alexis Get Into Heated & Lengthy Twitter Spat Over Blueface For a bit, things between Chrisean Rock and Jaidyn Alexis were okay. However, that's changed in a hurry as the latter hit first a few times. By Zachary Horvath March 05, 2025