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Music J. Cole Hosts Bike Ride With Fans In Houston For His "Trunk Sale" Tour J. Cole's love of biking has been used against him as a meme before, but for the "Trunk Sale" tour for "The Fall-Off," it's a strength. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2026
Music Kanye West & Travis Scott To Headline Italy's Hellwatt Festival Travis Scott and Kanye West are confirmed to be performing at the the inaugural Hellwatt Festival at RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia this July. By Caroline Fisher February 18, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why Kanye West Would Beat Drake In “Verzuz” Despite being a massive fan of Drake, DJ Akademiks says Kanye West has more culture-defining songs to put him over the top. By Cole Blake February 09, 2026
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
Music Finesse2tymes Battles For Custody Of Daughter Following Her Mother’s Death According to Finesse2tymes, the mother of one of his children recently passed away, and now her family is seeking child support. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music TeeFlii And Mustard Reconcile After Years Of Beefing Over Credit The West Coast continues to heal. By Elias Andrews July 18, 2024
Music Playboi Carti Looks Locked In During Rolling Loud Europe Set As Fans Pray For The New Album We got the clearest picture of Playboi Carti we've had in years, and fans are using this to cope and hope that the album is coming soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2024
Music YSL Woody Affiliate Reportedly Murdered In Atlanta Amid Young Thug RICO Trial News outlets and law enforcement don't have a lot of information at press time about what led up to this shooting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2024
Music 2 Chainz Recalls How Eminem's Team Banned Him From Smoking Weed Around Him 2 Chainz and Eminem have a couple of collaborations under their belt, namely the "Chloraseptic" remix and "Kyrie & Luka." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Ballistic On Loren Lorosa For Over An Hour During Fiery Rant Loren LoRosa previously claimed that DJ Akademiks lied about Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard's "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 12, 2025
Music Ban Sexyy Red: Rapper's Lyrics Are Restricted From High School Among Other Trendy Words Sexyy Red is one of the biggest artists in today's hip-hop with her catchy songs and endorsement deals with popular brands like WWE. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025
Relationships ASAP Rocky & Rihanna's Plans For Their Third Child's Name Have Fans Convinced They Know What It'll Be ASAP Rocky and Rihanna broke the pregnancy news in big but also in understated fashion at the Met Gala this week. By Zachary Horvath May 09, 2025