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Music DJ Akademiks Explains What's Missing From Lil Baby's New Album, "Wham" DJ Akademiks says Lil Baby's "Wham" is "garbage." By Cole Blake January 12, 2025
Music Billie Eilish Says Michael B. Jordan Should Be Next James Bond Billie Eilish would like to see Michael B. Jordan as 007. By Milca P. February 24, 2020
Music Dame Dash Reveals If He Ever Pursued Beyonce Despite Jay-Z For some time now, there have been rumors floating around that Dame Dash tried to steal Beyonce away from Jay-Z. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Issue Fiery Response To $50 Million Bail Request Earlier this week, Diddy filed a motion requesting a retrial in hopes of getting his conviction overturned. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Seemingly Teases Tracklist For New Album "BABY BOI" Playboi Carti took to Instagram to shout out the new NBA YoungBoy album "MASA," on which he makes an appearance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music 7 Rappers Who Dominated In 2023 From breakout star Ice Spice to the long-awaited return of Travis Scott. By Demi Phillips September 28, 2023
Music Sexyy Red Denies Rumors That She Will Cancel Tour Due To Low Sales According to Sexyy Red, the fact that she's with an independent promoter is prompting sabotage from the larger tour corporations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 08, 2024
Pop Culture Machine Gun Kelly Hilariously Addresses Sydney Sweeney Dating Rumors Machine Gun Kelly and Sydney Sweeney both called off their respective engagements within the last two years. By Cole Blake August 11, 2025
Sneakers Travis Scott Turns Dennis Rodman Into Willy Wonka For Air Jordan Ad We didn't see this pairing coming. By Elias Andrews December 20, 2024
Music Juelz Santana Says He & Jeezy Nearly Released A Collaborative Project Juelz Santana and Jeezy were supposed to release a collaborative project together titled, "Best of Both Hoods." By Cole Blake August 18, 2022
Music Octavian’s Ex Claims She Was Offered £20,000 To Stay Silent On Abuse Allegations The ex-girlfriend of UK rapper Octavian claims in a new BBC Three documentary that she was offered a £20,000 NDA in exchange for her silence on the abuse she suffered in their relationship. By Keenan Higgins January 31, 2021
Numbers Cardi B's "Up" Becomes Her Fifth #1 Single Cardi B's "Up" secures the top position on the Billboard charts, giving the rapper the fifth number one of her career. By Mitch Findlay March 22, 2021