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Music As Big As The Super Bowl? Lil Wayne's Snub Was Expected The Super Bowl left Lil Wayne hanging but did it ever seem possible that he would headline the Halftime show in the first place? By Aron A. September 09, 2024
Music Lil Troy Reveals His Mother Had A Stroke Amid His Heart Attack Recovery According to Lil Troy, he and his mother were on the same floor of the hospital. By Caroline Fisher September 08, 2024
Music Playboi Carti Confirms Anticipated "All Red" Music Video Is Coming Soon He's finally got something cooking. By Elias Andrews September 07, 2024
Music Akbar V Claims Rich Homie Quan And Erica Banks Had "Secret" Relationship The rapper scolded Erica Mena on IG. By Elias Andrews September 05, 2024
Music Drakeo The Ruler Wrongful Death Lawsuit Receives Frustrating Update Drakeo the Ruler's family continues to receive justice. By Zachary Horvath September 04, 2024
Music Senegal Officially Abandons Akon's Futuristic City Proposal Akon originally proposed the idea as a "real-life Wakanda" back in 2018, but the project's struggled to get off the ground. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Wireless Festival Unveils Full Lineup With Drake To Headline All Three Days This weekend will be the first time in Wireless Festival's history that one artist headlines all three days, and Drake is doing the honors. By Caroline Fisher July 07, 2025
Sports Taylor Rooks Seemingly Responds To Drake's Mention In Unreleased Song From "ICEMAN" Livestream Drake and Taylor Rooks have a longstanding friendship, which Rooks has always maintained is nothing more serious than that. By Devin Morton July 06, 2025
Music 50 Cent's Request To Block Release Of Upcoming Film "Skill House" Denied By Federal Judge 50 Cent and his son Sire allege that they did not sign a contract for their scenes in the upcoming film "Skillhouse," but the film will still release as planned. By Devin Morton July 04, 2025
Music Daughter Of Remy Ma’s Son’s Alleged Murder Victim Accuses Her Of Being Disrespectful In Court Remy Ma was recently detained by police after getting into a fiery argument outside of a courthouse in New York City. By Caroline Fisher July 03, 2025
Music Birdman Shouts Out NBA YoungBoy At Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz" Birdman has been recently supporting NBA YoungBoy on his "MASA" tour, further developing his most recent massive mentee. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Viral Who Was Summer Walker's Alien Date To The Atlanta Hawks Game? Summer Walker made similar headlines at the VMAs this year after bringing an older, unidentified gentleman as her date. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2025