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Music Kanye West Asks Why Top5 Hasn't Gotten Revenge Yet After London Stabbing Kanye West has seemingly been waiting for Top5 to get his revenge on the people who stabbed him, and Top5 claims he has been looking for them. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music ScHoolboy Q To Join Kendrick Lamar For Australia “Grand National” Tour Dates Kendrick Lamar plans to bring his record-breaking "Grand National" tour to Sydney and Melbourne in December of this year. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Music Cardi B Claims She Furiously Confronted Rah Ali At An Airport In Cannes Over Their Years-Long Feud Cardi B and Rah Ali have been at odds since getting into a fight at an afterparty for New York Fashion Week in 2018. By Cole Blake August 01, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Mellow Rackz Over New Song Dissing Kodak Black Mellow Rackz and Kodak Black have been at odds on social media following the release of NBA YoungBoy's new album. By Cole Blake July 30, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Warns TDE Against Botting Doechii's Streams With Megan Thee Stallion Comparison DJ Akademiks isn't buying into the authenticity of how successful Doechii's streaming numbers have become over the last year. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Chris Brown & Bryson Tiller Take Charge On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update This week's "R&B Season" update comes courtesy of Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, Mariah Carey, Daniel Caesar, Jacquees, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music Travis Scott, SZA & Future Cite Kanye West's Involvement In “Telekinesis” To Seek Lawsuit Dismissal Gospel singer Victory Boyd is suing Travis Scott, SZA, and Future for reusing an unreleased Kanye West track that she worked on. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Drake Submits Massive Witness List For His UMG Lawsuit Featuring Several High-Profile Names Drake is taking legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Drake Flexes Iced-Out "Beauty And The Beast" Chain To Pay Dazzling Tribute To Virgil Abloh Drake seems to have found a stunning piece to celebrate his recent Wireless Festival takeover in London and honor Virgil Abloh. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Joyner Lucas Reacts To Skepta’s “Friendly Fire” With War-Ready Response Joyner Lucas was one of the first American rappers to respond to Skepta’s rap battle challenge. Then came "Friendly Fire." By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 13, 2025
Music Joe Budden Cheekily Instigates Malice To Beef With Drake "The Joe Budden Podcast" recently hosted Pusha T and No Malice to talk about the new Clipse album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2025
Music GELO Claps Back At Cam'ron In XXL Freshman Freestyle LiAngelo Ball, known artistically as GELO, has come a long way from his hooping days in this breakout year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025