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Music Kanye West Sued For Throwing Photographer’s Phone Another lawsuit for Yeezy. By Alexander Cole June 01, 2023
Music Quavo Shares Update On His Wellbeing Following Takeoff's Passing Quavo got real about how Takeoff's passing affected him. By Lavender Alexandria July 27, 2023
Music Kid Cudi Updates Fans On His Tour Following Coachella Injury Cudi's newest update showed quite a bit of progress from his injury. By Lavender Alexandria May 16, 2024
Music Earl Sweatshirt And The Alchemist Announce "VOIR DIRE" Tour Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist are coming to a city near you. By Tallie Spencer September 13, 2023
Music Tierra Whack Unveils Debut Album, "World Wide Whack," Coming Soon The Philly creative will drop her first official single for the project, "Shower Song," this Friday, January 26, and fans couldn't be more excited. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 22, 2024
Music The Weeknd Shares Ethereal New Snippet After releasing "Double Fantasy" with Future just last week, it seems the "Dawn FM" star isn't done feeding fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2023
Music Jam Master Jay's Convicted Killer Isn't Being Freed Just Yet Karl Jordan Jr., one the of two convicted killers in the extensive Jam Master Jay case, was acquitted from his murder charges in Dec. 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 13, 2026
Music Drake Eclipses One Billion Spotify Streams 20 Days Into 2026 Given that its Drake, this doesn't feel all that special. But in the grand scheme of things, this is a huge deal and speaks to his dominance. By Zachary Horvath January 22, 2026
Pop Culture Diana Ross Explains Why She Sang Beyonce Happy Birthday She clarified the simple reason behind her choice. By Lavender Alexandria September 12, 2023
Music Doja Cat Extends Her Pop Airplay Chart Record With "Paint The Town Red" Hitting Number One Doja is running up the score with her seventh number one this decade. By Lavender Alexandria October 25, 2023
Music Swamp Izzo Teases Playboi Carti's "BABY BOI" By Sending Hilarious Fair Warning To Fans DJ Swamp Izzo brought a lot of energy alongside Playboi Carti on "MUSIC," and it seems he will be back on its pseudo sequel. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Viral SZA Teaser Surfaces Online, Fans Call It Out As Fake Amid so much excitement and speculation around the deluxe version of "SOS," it looks like some people want to take advantage of that hype. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 18, 2023