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Music Cardi B Explains Why She's Including "WAP" & "Up" On Her Sophomore Album Cardi B has been catching a lot of heat for including these older tracks on her next LP, but she feels they deserve to be there. By Zachary Horvath June 25, 2025
Music Trey Songz Nearly Comes To Blows With A Fan In Heated Confrontation More details on the argument remain unclear, but a video of Trey Songz threatening to "beat the sh*t out of" someone is circulating online. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Politics Ludacris & Nelly To Headline Country Music Festival Featuring Kid Rock Fans aren't happy to see Ludacris and Nelly performing at a festival celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. By Cole Blake January 13, 2026
Music Internet Trolls Offset Over Casino Outing With Bobby Shmurda Offset has been involved in some heavy gossip with Celina Powell as of late and some feel this casino clip means he's hitting rock bottom. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music Nine Vicious Claims Young Thug Is Lying About Resigning Him To YSL Young Thug recently claimed to PlaqueBoyMax during a livestream that he's resigning Nine Vicious to YSL Records. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2026
Music Jadakiss Reveals DJ Khaled Is Mad At Him Over Drake Diss Commentary Jadakiss was brutally honest about Drake's diss against DJ Khaled, and as it turns out, the infamous producer was not amused. By Alexander Cole June 11, 2026
Music Rick Ross Reveals Why He Was Flying Commercial Rick Ross was flying commercial earlier this week, and it led to all sorts of discourse that he is now responding to. By Alexander Cole June 11, 2026
Streetwear Drake's New Cloudar Fragrance Is Now Available At Ulta Beauty Drake's Better World Fragrance House just released Cloudar Eau de Parfum, a fresh and floral scent with woody base. By Ben Atkinson June 10, 2026
Music 50 Cent Goes Off On Daphne Joy On Stage Following Diddy Sex Tape Leak 50 Cent was recently on stage in New York, where he offered up a rant about Daphne Joy amid the Diddy sex tape leak. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music DJ Hed Responds To Backlash Over Editing Drake's "2 Hard 4 The Radio" DJ Hed removed the Mustard and West Coast disses on Drake's "ICEMAN" cut "2 Hard 4 The Radio," and many hip-hop heads criticized the move. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2026
Sneakers Jay-Z Steps Out Wearing Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 "Coconut Milk" In New York Jay-Z was spotted wearing the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 "Coconut Milk" in New York, putting the retro running shoe on the map. By Ben Atkinson May 26, 2026
Music DJ Hed Claims Drake Has An Alleged Second Album Dropping Tonight Called "Man Of Honor" DJ Hed took to X on Thursday and threw fans for a loop by suggesting a second Drake album might be dropping tonight. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026