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Music "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Pay Up!": Drake Gifts $20K To Fans Despite Beating Them In A Game Drake is such a generous soul on tour that even fans who lose their challenges still get a huge bag out of his concert. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2025
Pop Culture Chief Keef & Sexyy Red's "F My Baby Dad" Remix Teaser Sounds Seriously Lit Hip-hop heads are excited for the collab, but Sosa's baby mama isn't so impressed with him. By Hayley Hynes December 26, 2023
Pop Culture Summer Walker's "CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE" EP Earns Erykah Badu Comparisons J. Cole and Childish Gambino are both featured on the 9-track project. By Hayley Hynes May 19, 2023
Music Kanye West Reminisces On His Meet-Up With Fellow "GOATs" Drake & J Prince For those unaware, J Prince is who squashed the beef between Kanye West and Drake earlier this decade, although that didn't last long. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Travis Scott & Other Artists Band Together To Stop Texas Inmate’s Execution James Broadnax was found guilty of capital murder in 2008, and now, his execution date is rapidly approaching. By Caroline Fisher March 10, 2026
Music Jimmy Iovine Will Reportedly Stay With Apple Music As A Consultant The former Interscope head & founder is still a hot commodity in the record industry. By Devin Ch March 21, 2018
Music Mariah The Scientist Taunts Her Haters Amid Criticism Of Her Stage Presence Mariah The Scientist has been performing several sold-out shows in promotion of her recent album, "Hearts Sold Separately." By Cole Blake March 04, 2026
Music Ellis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Icon, Dies From COVID-19 Complications At 85 Ellis Marsalis Jr. is a legend and music icon in the genre of jazz and beyond, and it's being reported that he passed away due to COVID-19 complications. By Erika Marie April 02, 2020
Tech BlueFace Tells Women They Should Expect To Be Cheated On BlueFace is dishing out relationship advice on Twitter. By Ben Mock June 03, 2023
Music Benzino Rips Interviewer To Shreds For Suggesting He Fumbled “The Source” Benzino called the podcast host, Chris Tash, “one of these miserable white guys that wants to be accepted so bad." By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music Drake Helped Pi’erre Bourne Get His Passport Pi’erre beats might take listeners on a journey, but Drake literally helped him complete his own. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2023
Tech XXXTentacion Unreleased SoundCloud Songs To Be Sold As NFTs A selection of unreleased songs from XXXTentacion is being sold as NFTs on YellowHeart's marketplace. By Alex Zidel May 06, 2021