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Sports Killer Mike Publicly Apologizes To Steph & Ayesha Curry After Criticizing Her Killer Mike crossed a line earlier this month while reacting to a TikTok about Ayesha and Steph Curry's relationship dynamic. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music The Weeknd Denies That He & Kendrick Lamar Used Illegal Sample On "Pray For Me" The Weeknd has refuted former band Yeasayer's claims that he and Kendrick Lamar illegally sampled their song on their "Black Panther" collab, "Pray For Me." By Lynn S. April 30, 2020
Music Kodak Black Receives Another Arrest Warrant The Florida MC allegedly missed a pretrial meeting concerning his drug case and, more seriously, violated his pretrial conditions. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2023
Music Drake's Dad Drama Incites Jokes On Twitter Because Nothing Is Off Limits On There Please, this is a sensitive matter. By Noah C October 09, 2019
Music Post Malone Made Most Of "Hollywood Bleeding" In Three Days Pretty impressive. By Noah C September 10, 2019
Music Lizzo Is Speechless After Beyonce & Jay Z Watched Her "Made In America" Set Lizzo's on cloud nine, no doubt. By Chantilly Post September 02, 2019
Music Andrew Schulz Defends Drake Amid UMG Lawsuit Criticism Earlier this week, Universal Music Group filed a motion to dismiss Drake's lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music Rod Wave Arrested In Atlanta On Assault And Gun Charges Rod Wave has reportedly been released from police custody since getting arrested yesterday on 13 felony counts. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Viral Drake's "Toosie Slide" Challenge Conquered By Ugandan Orphans Drake helped these Ugandan kids' "Toosie Slide" challenge go viral. By Rose Lilah April 21, 2020
Music Nicki Minaj Shares Shady Response To Historic BET Hip-Hop Awards Win BET recently crowned Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday 2" Hip-Hop Album Of The Year. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2024
Music Adin Ross Drags Anthony Fantano For Making Fun Of Drake's "ICEMAN" Bar Drake referenced Adin Ross to diss Rick Ross on his new album "ICEMAN," which Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop wasn't a fan of at all. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2026
Music T-Pain Says He'll Never Apologize For Popularizing Auto-Tune T-Pain impact on music will forever be iconic. By Alexander Cole March 13, 2021