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Sports Master P Explains Why He's Officially Retiring From Music Master P is shifting his focus to the University of New Orleans following his performance at Essence on Sunday. By Cole Blake July 07, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky's New Single "pray4dagang" Reportedly Fails To Land On Apple Music Charts A$AP Rocky's new single "pray4dagang" reportedly failed to chart on Apple Music despite being exclusive to the platform for its first day. By Devin Morton July 06, 2025
Music Drake Has Bars For Kendrick Lamar On New Single "What Did I Miss?" Drake surprised fans with an "Iceman" livestream this evening, and it just so happened to contain a new song with some bars aimed at Kendrick Lamar. By Alexander Cole July 04, 2025
Music Diddy's Sentencing Gets Tentative Date After Divisive Mixed Verdict Diddy was acquitted on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, but his trial's jury convicted him for transportation to commit prostitution. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Suge Knight Claims That 2Pac's Family And Friends Smoked His Ashes After His Death Suge Knight recently opened up about what happened immediately after 2Pac died, including a gesture he described as "symbolic." By Devin Morton July 02, 2025
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Under Fire For AI-Generated Cover Art Erykah Badu and The Alchemist's newly-released song is expected to appear on their upcoming album, "Abi & Alan." By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Shatter Record For Highest-Grossing Hip-Hop Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour also has support from Mustard, and it didn't take long to make history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Young Thug Weighs In On Kendrick Lamar Using “Not Like Us” Name-Drop To Diss Drake Young Thug was behind bars when Kendrick Lamar unleashed his hit diss track "Not Like Us" amid his feud with Drake. By Caroline Fisher April 25, 2025
Viral Kanye West Boldly Claims He Invented Streaming And Calls Kai Cenat Out For Stealing His Idea Kanye West thinks Kai Cenat should give him credit for his "Donda" livestreams and how they preceded Cenat's meteoric rise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Kanye West & Bianca Censori Browse Sex Shop In Spain After Dispelling Divorce Rumors There's been a lot of speculation about Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori's relationship lately, thanks to one of his songs. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025
Music Ari Lennox Reportedly Parts Ways With Dreamville Months After Calling The Label Out Ari Lennox gave her last performance as a Dreamville artist during the collective's final festival just a few weeks ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Mustard Attempts To Embarrass Gordo Following Drake Toilet Revelation Mustard produced various of Kendrick Lamar's recent hits, whereas Gordo is one of Drake's frequent collaborators behind the board as of late. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2025