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Pop Culture Rihanna Celebrates Historic Streaming Milestone, Nicki Minaj Drops A Freestyle In The Comments It's been seven long years since Rihanna dropped an album, yet she continues to break streaming records. By Hayley Hynes June 30, 2023
Music Anti-Defamation League Weighs In On Kanye West's Apology The ADL didn't take long to respond to Kanye West's apology, which was plastered on the latest edition of the "Wall Street Journal." By Zachary Horvath January 26, 2026
Music Fat Joe Claims He's Lost Over $10 Million Due To Ex-Hypeman's Lawsuit Fat Joe's former hypeman Terrance "T.A." Dixon accused the rapper of sex trafficking of a minor, wage theft, violent retaliation, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2025
Music The Game Gets Served By Private Investigator In Sexual Battery Case Priscilla Rainey recently ramped up her efforts to collect a $7 million judgment from The Game. By Caroline Fisher August 29, 2024
Music Martin Shkreli Ordered To Hand Over All His Copies Of Wu-Tang Clan's Rare Album There's trouble in Shaolin. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 27, 2024
Music Tyler The Creator Announces Camp Flog Gnaw Dates For Tenth Anniversary Tyler is pulling out all the stops. By Elias Andrews June 24, 2024
Politics Flavor Flav Claps Back At Donald Trump In Passionate Defense Of Taylor Swift Flavor Flav wasn't going to stand for Donald Trump's antics. By Cole Blake September 16, 2024
Music Kanye West Leak Resurfaces From Around 2011, Titled "Not The Same" The Chicago artist calls himself the "Black Bruce Wayne" on this cut. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2023
Music Vince Staples Announces New Music Dropping This Week Vince Staples has new music dropping right in time for ComplexCon. By Aron A. October 29, 2018
Politics 50 Cent's Congratulatory Post For Donald Trump Divides His Fanbase Some claim they can't root for Fif anymore. By Zachary Horvath November 06, 2024
Music Meek Mill Thinks "Hate Campaign" Against Him Will Work In His Favor More fighting words from Meek. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2024
Pop Culture Will.I.Am Threatened With Legal Action By Qantas For Racism Accusation Will.i.am doesn't regret publicly naming the #RacistFlightAttendant. By Noah C November 18, 2019