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Music Drake Sends Odd Message About "Good Times" Amid "Iceman" Rollout Ahead of the release of the new album "Iceman," Drake is busy overseas on tour. How many good times can he have before they're draining? By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Secure Solid First Week Sales For New Album "Alfredo 2" This is the biggest debut sales week for both Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist, which is a great achievement to see. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Polo G & Bobby Shmurda Link Up In The Studio The rappers posed for a picture in the booth. By Madusa S. June 26, 2021
Music Usher Reveals His First Celebrity Crush Fortunately for Usher, he and his crush went on to date for years. By Caroline Fisher April 11, 2024
Music Madlib Says Today's Music Should Sound More Like Public Enemy, "But It’s Just Not There" Madlib says that music nowadays "should be like Public Enemy," and "how it was in the earlier days." By Cole Blake January 30, 2021
Music Kanye West & TIDAL Reach Deal In Lawsuit Over "The Life Of Pablo" Deception: Report Kanye West and TIDAL were sued after he claimed "TLOP" would be exclusive to the streaming service. By Aron A. January 30, 2019
Music Tyrese Slams Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Over Anti-Asian Hate Crime Bill Tyrese isn't happy with the current administration. By Cole Blake September 01, 2024
Music Megan Thee Stallion & Lupe Fiasco Drop Bombs On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update: Stream Other great releases on "Fire Emoji" this week came from Roddy Ricch, Latto, Lil Durk, Chance The Rapper, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2024
Relationships Adele Refutes Rich Paul Relationship Issues, Announces Upcoming BRITs Performance Adele will also be appearing on "The Graham Norton Show" during her trip overseas. By Hayley Hynes February 01, 2022
Sports Ice Cube Thanks J. Cole For Shoutout On Drake's "First Person Shooter" Ice Cube gave a shoutout to J. Cole for his collaboration with Drake, "First Person Shooter." By Cole Blake October 07, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Puts Loren LoRosa On Blast For Questioning His Credibility Loren LoRosa's criticism of DJ Akademiks concerns his coverage of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard's "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Fatman Scoop Honored By Hip-Hop Legends As Family Shares Statement On His Passing Missy Elliott, Meek Mill, and more paid their tributes to Fatman Scoop. Rest In Peace to a legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2024