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Music Sexyy Red Performs "Pound Town" For Kids At School, Social Media Reacts Sexyy Red performed at a school recently. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2023
Music Chris Brown Responds To Fan Wondering Why His Sexuality Is Never Questioned Recently, one social media user pointed out that Chris Brown can do whatever he wants and it won't "come off as gay." By Caroline Fisher September 11, 2025
Music Latto & Ice Spice Have Internet Thirsting As They Twerk For Kai Cenat Latto & Ice Spice are back on good terms after beefing for about a year and change. The duo just dropped a new single to mark the moment. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Another One! Kendrick Lamar First-Ever To Have Three Albums Chart Simultaneously In Billboard 200's Top 10 Kendrick Lamar's reign continues. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 16, 2025
Relationships Halo Takes His First Steps To Halle Bailey & DDG In Unbelievably Adorable Clips Halo is growing up way too fast! By Zachary Horvath January 04, 2025
Music Young Chop Reportedly Released From Jail After Over Two Years Chopsquad DJ shared the news on Instagram today. By Caroline Fisher December 19, 2024
Music Joe Budden Firmly Backs The East Coast In Joey Bada$$, Ray Vaughn & Daylyt Battle "The Joe Budden Podcast" reacted to Joey Bada$$' "MY TOWN" featuring Loaded Lux, debating whether Daylyt and Ray Vaughn are up to standard. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Billboard's Top 75 R&B Singers Of All Time List Sparks Massive Social Media Debate Billboard ranked 75 of the greatest R&B singers of all time, including Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Alleged Story Behind Nicki Minaj Sparking Meek Mill & Drake Beef DJ Akademiks is beefing with Meek Mill right now, and as a result, he is giving the scoop on the Drake and Meek Mill beef of 2015. By Alexander Cole September 21, 2026
Music “Slime Language 3” Demands The Reconstruction Of YSL Post-RICO At an odd juncture in Young Thug’s career, "Slime Language 3" attempts to redefine the label the government once accused of doubling as an organized crime syndicate. By Aron A. September 10, 2026
Music Drake & Ella Langley Meet Backstage Following Show In Arkansas Drake was at Ella Langley's most recent show in Arkansas, and the two ended up meeting each other later on. By Alexander Cole August 24, 2026
Music Kanye West Surpasses J. Cole Thanks To “BULLY” Streaming Success Over the weekend, Kanye West dropped his long-awaited twelfth studio album, earning mixed reactions from listeners. By Caroline Fisher March 31, 2026