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Music Kid Cudi Details His “Heartbreaking” Falling Out With Kanye West According to Kid Cudi, his former friend Kanye West has said some things that there is simply "no coming back from." By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Politics Kodak Black, Boosie & Rod Wave Set To Attend The White House's Black History Month Event These DEI rollbacks are confusing... By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 20, 2025
Music Drake Catches Painful Stray Amid Soulja Boy’s Bizarre Twitter Rant Soulja Boy is not holding back. By Caroline Fisher January 11, 2025
Music Chief Keef Performs "Faneto," "Love Sosa," & "Belieber" With A Live Orchestra "Yaw yaw some broke boys." By Devin Ch November 07, 2018
Music NBA YoungBoy Blasts PlaqueBoyMax For Not Liking New Song, Max Responds Although PlaqueBoyMax is an NBA YoungBoy fan, YB did not take kindly to Max's thoughts on the "Slime Cry" cut "Headtap." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Is Now The Most RIAA-Certified Rapper Ever Given NBA YoungBoy's ridiculous focus to keep pumping out projects, he may set a record that will never be broken by anyone in rap history. By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Preview JID's Verse On "Alfredo 2" If you don't want spoilers for JID's feature on Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist's new album, we recommend you wait until July 25. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2025
Music Spotify's Tuma Basa Shares How Artists Can Get On His "RapCaviar" Playlist Tuma Basa gives prospective "RapCaviar" artists the blueprint. By Matt F January 25, 2018
Music Joe Budden Responds To JR Writer Wanting To Battle Him The podcaster had blasted one of Writer's old verses, and that prompted the freestyle veteran to let the brakes loose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2023
Pop Culture A$AP Rocky Teases New Music Coming This Thursday In Since-Deleted Instagram Post It remains unclear if Rocky will be dropping a short film, music video, or project, but from the looks of the cover art, we can expect to see Rihanna. By Hayley Hynes May 03, 2022
Music Travis Scott Takes Over L.A. Street With Surprise Pop-Up & Screaming Fans The rapper is promoting his Spike Jonze collaboration for "i-D" magazine. By Erika Marie February 23, 2021
Music Jay-Z Ripped Apart By Dr. Umar For Tom Brady's HOF Induction Performance Dr. Umar wants Jay to remember his roots. By Zachary Horvath July 29, 2024