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Music Rapper IDK Officially Owns "IDK" Trademark IDK officially owns the trademark to his name. By Alex Zidel September 24, 2021
Music Don Toliver's "Octane" Receives Early But Promising First Week Sales Projections Don Toliver's fifth album "Octane" has been receiving a lot of glowing reviews from fans, and it seems like it will result in a great debut. By Zachary Horvath February 02, 2026
Music Sexyy Red Sparks Controversy With Prison-Themed Music Video Some social media users argue that Sexyy Red is perpetuating negative stereotypes. By Caroline Fisher November 23, 2023
Music Metro Boomin Details Process Working With Young Thug Metro Boomin recalled his process for working with Young Thug during an appearance on the "Full Send Podcast." By Cole Blake December 19, 2022
Politics Joe Biden Calls LL Cool J "Boy" During Award Ceremony: Watch Republicans quickly jumped on the clip to attack Biden. By Ben Mock September 24, 2023
Music Joell Ortiz Announces New "Mona Lisa" Album With Apollo Brown Joell Ortiz and Apollo Brown dropped a single today, along with news of an October release. By Devin Ch August 22, 2018
Tech Drake To Bring URL Battle Rap To Live Stream App Caffeine Drake unites the largest battle rap institution, URL (Ultimate Rap League) with Caffeine, a burgeoning live-streaming app. By Noah C February 11, 2020
Music 50 Cent Sends Hearty Congratulations To Eminem's Daughter After Delivering First Child 50 Cent and Eminem are practically family at this point so seeing the former congratulate the latter and his daughter is nice to see. By Zachary Horvath April 05, 2025
Music Will Smith & Big Sean Prepare Their New Song By Remaking Classic Film Scene Fresh Prince Passed On Will Smith fulfills his missed opportunity. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 26, 2025
Pop Culture Latto Collab Criticism Leads "777" Artist To Speak Out "I was an 'unknown artist' before and mfs acted too big for me," Latto replied to haters requesting she stop working with creatives who they aren't familiar with. By Hayley Hynes December 26, 2023
Music Watch Ariana Grande Sing Aretha Franklin's "A Natural Woman" With The Roots Questlove reportedly convinced the singer to do the tribute. By Trevor Smith August 17, 2018
Music Rich The Kid Maintains Stance That Migos Are The "Best Group Ever" Rich The Kid doubles down on his bold Migos claims. By Alex Zidel May 09, 2018