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Streetwear Drake Shows Off His Aaliyah Hat After Surprising Crowd At WWE Elimination Chamber Drake is back in Toronto after canceling his "Anita Max Win" tour dates, popping out for a WWE event and repping Aaliyah. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Music Kanye West And Ty Dolla Sign's "Vultures 2" Suffers Steep Sales Fall Off In Week 2 "Vultures 2" is sliding down the charts. By Cole Blake August 14, 2024
Music Birdman Issues A Warning To Joe Budden Amid NBA Youngboy Spat Joe Budden has a lot to answer for. By Alexander Cole December 04, 2023
Music 6ix9ine Calls Kai Cenat's Ex "Ugly" And Promises He Can Do Better Kai Cenat announced that he and Gabrielle "Gigi" Alayah were ending their relationship in a post on X, last week. By Cole Blake December 30, 2025
Music The Weeknd Reminisces On His "After Hours" Run: "An Era" The Weeknd takes a moment to appreciate the "After Hours" era and potentially hints at the next chapter in his career. By Joshua Robinson March 26, 2021
Music The Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Documentary "The Show" Gets New Trailer The Weeknd takes us behind the scenes of his Super Bowl Halftime performance in the first trailer for "The Show." By Alex Zidel September 01, 2021
Music Swizz Beatz Explains Why DMX Albums Rarely Had Features DMX was notoriously picky over who he let on his albums. By Lavender Alexandria July 04, 2023
Relationships Tink & Hitmaka's NSFW Text Messages Suggest They've Made Up Tink recently apologized to Hitmaka. By Caroline Fisher November 23, 2023
Music YNW Melly: Alleged Victim's Father Blasts Witness Tampering, Home Raid Notes Revealed In an alleged note found during a search of codefendant YNW Bortlen's home, he apparently tracked the jury in this trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2023
Music Sexyy Red Is Right About Trump, OhGeesy Believes, He Speaks On Her Sex Tape There's been a lot of rappers speaking out in support of the indicted former president, which is a heated debate. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 08, 2023
Music Megan Thee Stallion Asks Fans To Keep Their Weed Smoke Away From Her At Houston Show Megan Thee Stallion didn't outright tell her crowd to stop smoking, though: just to be mindful of the fans blowing the wind her way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 17, 2024
Music Vic Mensa Slams Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Calls Him "A Slimy Dog" Vic Mensa has hopes for the future of Chicago with Rahm Emanuel gone. By Aron A. September 05, 2018