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Music Essence Festival Organizers Take Blame For Lauryn Hill's Late Set While serving as a headliner for Essence Festival over the weekend, Lauryn Hill didn't take the stage until late into the night. By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music Drake's Final "ICEMAN" Update Comes With A Blunt Warning To The Industry Drake was streaming again with BenDaDonnn last night, and it led to a revelation about his new album, "ICEMAN." By Alexander Cole December 24, 2025
Music J. Cole Reportedly Confirms New Album "The Fall Off" Is Almost Complete J. Cole and Drake's first "Big As The What?" tour stop was full of surprises. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2024
Music 50 Cent Mic Throw 911 Audio Emerges Online The dispatcher hilariously asked "Who's performing tonight?" during the call. By Ben Mock September 17, 2023
Music Diddy Celebrates His New "Love" Album With Star-Studded Release Party Diddy dropped off "The Love Album: Off the Grid" today, and fans are loving it so far. By Caroline Fisher September 15, 2023
Music N.O.R.E. Praises T.I. & Boosie Badazz For Settling Dispute Peacefully N.O.R.E. is happy to have seen Boosie and T.I. settle their beef peacefully. By Cole Blake April 24, 2023
Music Lil Kim Asks "Who Got My Panties?" After Throwing Them At Atlanta Crowd Usually, it's fans who throw their lingerie at artists on stage, but Kim decided to switch it up a bit. By Hayley Hynes November 03, 2023
Music Drake Teases "For All The Dogs" During First Tour Stop Drake had fans in Chicago excited last night. By Alexander Cole July 06, 2023
Music Travis Scott May Have Revealed "UTOPIA" Release Date With New Billboard Travis Scott continues to tease fans. By Alexander Cole June 27, 2023
Pop Culture 50 Cent Gives Eminem His Flowers For Outselling Him 50 Cent recently reminded followers of the the top-selling rap albums. By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2023
Music Bas & J. Cole Are Far From "Home Alone" On Our New Fire Emoji Playlist Update Other artists joining the duo on "Fire Emoji" include Nicki Minaj, BADBADNOTGOOD, Latto, Lil Baby, Chow Lee, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 16, 2023
Music YNW Melly Re-Trial Delayed Again With jury selection moved to March, there is no scheduled start date for the trial itself. By Ben Mock January 13, 2024