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Music Travis Scott Celebrates 29th Birthday By Announcing The Return Of Astoworld Festival With a highly anticipated sneaker release and an exciting new festival announcement, Travis Scott has been having a pretty eventful 29th birthday. By Joshua Robinson April 30, 2021
Tech Azealia Banks Confirms Jack Dorsey "Spiritual Pact," Still Has 1 Of His Hair Strands They used to text each other frequently. By Zaynab December 19, 2018
Music Drake Surprises Superfan With Invite To Upcoming Show: "You Going 2 Hard" David's dream has come true. By Chantilly Post September 16, 2019
Music Nick Cannon Reportedly Being Sued For Not Paying His "She Ball" Movie Crew Nick Cannon's upcoming film already has some haters. By Chantilly Post March 06, 2018
Music Latto Attempts To Change Narrative Around "Brokey" By Presenting An Opportunity To Blue-Collar Workers Despite its controversial lyrics, "Brokey" has been one of the biggest hits on "Sugar Honey Iced Tea". By Zachary Horvath September 16, 2024
Pop Culture Bhad Bhabie Takes A Random Swipe At Le Vaughn Amid Her Feud With Alabama Barker Things seemed to be okay between Le Vaughn and Bhad Bhabie after the link-up earlier this month, but things must have gone south again. By Zachary Horvath March 25, 2025
Music Frank Ocean Pops Out At Beyonce's London Tour Date The reclusive artist waved to fans in a video taken at the concert. By Noah Grant May 31, 2023
Politics Soulja Boy Defends Donald Trump Inauguration Party Performance: “They Paid Me A Bag” Soulja Boy is under fire. By Caroline Fisher January 19, 2025
Music Michael Jackson Impersonator Facing Backlash For Appearing In Kanye West's "FATHER" Visual Kanye West decided to include a Michael Jackson lookalike in his music video for "FATHER" and folks aren't too happy about it. By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Music Wack 100 Drops Alleged Paperwork From 42 Dugg's 2020 Arrest Wack 100 and 42 Dugg had some issues that were seemingly resolved a couple of years ago, but tensions may be flaring back up again. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music The Weeknd Releases Behind-The-Scenes Short Film "He Was Never There" The moody short film documents his latest EP. By Matthew Parizot April 09, 2018
Music DJ Akademiks Links Up With Lul Timm At NBA YoungBoy Show DJ Akademiks was in attendance as NBA YoungBoy kicked off his highly anticipated "MASA Tour (Make America Slime Again)." By Cole Blake September 03, 2025