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Music Saweetie Seems To Have A "Icy Heart," PETA Says PETA fires back at Saweetie's recent name-drop on "Icy Chain." By Aron A. November 24, 2021
Music The Game Calls Leaking Phone Calls The "New Snitching" Amid Young Thug Controversy The Game took to Instagram to deliver a post that doubled as both a minor defense of Young Thug and a callout of whoever's leaked his calls. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Sports Big U’s Son Pays Tribute To His Late Brother With Dominant NFL Performance Big U's other son, Jabari “Baby Uiie” Henley, was shot and killed in South Los Angeles on Friday night. By Cole Blake November 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Said He's Not Giving Kendrick Lamar "Any More Energy" According to DJ Akademiks, Drake's new album is not about Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher February 15, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Admits 2Pac Was A "Better Dad" To His Son Than Him Snoop Dogg recently detailed how close his son and 2Pac were. By Cole Blake September 21, 2024
Music Swizz Beatz Believes Scott Storch & Mannie Fresh Deserve "Verzuz" Rematch The megaproducer said their early "Verzuz" pairing was "a little bit off." By Erika Marie November 20, 2020
Music Drake Asks SZA To Release "Joni" Drake wants the world to hear the folk-legend inspired track beat. By Ben Mock January 21, 2024
Music Dame Dash Previews Jay-Z And Cam'ron Diss Track, But Fans Aren't Feeling It Dame Dash is waging war against Cam'ron and Jay-Z, although fans aren't feeling the new diss track he previewed. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Original Content Tyler, The Creator's Musical Evolution In 4 Stages Defining the 4 musical stages of Tyler the Creator, Rap's Renaissance Man. By Michael Kawaida January 28, 2020
Music Spotify Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Billions Of Drake's Streams Came From Bots The lawsuit alleges there to be “voluminous information” proving Drake is benefiting from fake streams on Spotify. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Coi Leray Says Producers Are Ruining Rap Right Now A question about what is hurting Rap albums led Coi Leray to call out detached production and a lack of real collaboration. By Erika Marie August 13, 2026
Music 7 No. 1 Rap Songs From 2011 The rise of streaming pushed rap music further into the mainstream in 2011. By Demi Phillips September 06, 2023