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Music Future Pays Tribute To Young Scooter By Tweeting Out Iconic "Blow a Bag" Lyrics In terms of close friends of Young Scooter, there may not be anyone grieving harder than Future as their bond has been strong for years. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2025
Music Young Thug Divides Fans With Exciting New Snippet Young Thug is feeling like a supergiant star these days, although we don't fully know if the "UY Scuti" hype is for this new album's rollout. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music GloRilla Furious Over Internet Comparing Her To Viral Woman With Brutal Makeup Job GloRilla has received some high compliments for her looks, but she's also received her fair share of not-so-glowing comparisons too. By Zachary Horvath March 24, 2025
Pop Culture Complex To Host Eminem Look Alike Competition In New York Very Soon A massive fleet of Eminem doppelgangers will be flocking to New York City next week for the ultimate bragging rights. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sparks Black Hippy Reunion Theories With New Jacket At Concert Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock carried the torch of TDE in the 2010s, and fans have always wanted more from Black Hippy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 01, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Confirms The New Release Date For Stacked "A FUTURISTIC SUMMA" Metro Boomin sadly had to make fans wait after setting a July 22nd release date, but the mixtape will arrive in no time. By Zachary Horvath July 30, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Raises Eyebrows With Rob49-Inspired Pedicure Sexyy Red recently decided to show love to one of her friends in an unusual way, and social media users have a lot to say about it. By Caroline Fisher July 30, 2025
Sports Steph Curry Admits He's Tired Of "Not Like Us" Due To Drake Friendship Steph Curry's comments come as LeBron James has been vocal about his support of Kendrick Lamar throughout the beef. By Cole Blake July 24, 2025
Music Travis Scott Dethrones Eminem As Second Most Streamed MC On Spotify Drake still holds the top spot, but it seems like "JACKBOYS 2" gave Travis Scott the edge over Eminem for the silver medal on the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2025
Music 50 Cent To Narrate Skilla Baby’s Forthcoming Album “The Price Of Fame” 50 Cent and Skilla Baby have become friends over the last year, and now 50 is lending his voice to the Detroit rapper’s comeback effort. By Devin Morton July 18, 2025
Music Akon Shuts Down Reports That “Akon City” Plans Have Been Scrapped Recently, it was reported that the Senegalese government abandoned Akon's proposal for a futuristic, crypto-powered city. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music Young Thug Wants To Modify His Sentence From The YSL RICO Case Young Thug accepted a plea deal in the YSL RICO case, last October, to completely avoid further prison time. By Cole Blake July 14, 2025