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Music Drake Shouts Out Octavian After Singer Samples "Chicago Freestyle" The 6 God approves. By Elias Andrews May 24, 2024
Music Drake Is The Most Streamed Artist Of 2016 On Spotify Drake tops Spotify's top artists, songs, and albums for the second consecutive year. By Danny Schwartz December 01, 2016
Music Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Yachty Spotted In The Studio It appears Quavo, Lil Yachty & Chance The Rapper are cooking up a new collab together. By Kevin Goddard October 24, 2017
Music Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson Skip Emmy Awards To "Heal & Mend" The pop star needs rest. By Zaynab September 18, 2018
Music Lil Wayne Announces “Welcome To Tha Carter” Tour Dates Tickets for Lil Wayne's "Welcome To Tha Carter" tour go on sale this Friday. By Aron A. January 31, 2023
Music Raekwon Explains Why His First OutKast Collab Was So Important Raekwon hits Talib Kweli's People's Party podcast for a wide-ranging interview, where he reveals the significance of his first OutKast collab "Skew It On The Bar-B." By Mitch Findlay July 12, 2021
Music Lil Pump Released From Jailhouse In Denmark Pump is a free man. By Devin Ch December 05, 2018
Music J. Cole Unveils Alternate Cover For "The Fall-Off" J. Cole has come through with another cover for "The Fall-Off" ahead of its anticipated release next week. By Zachary Horvath January 29, 2026
Music Mickey Factz Claims Cardi B Should've Called Him To Help “Kill” Her Jay-Z-Sampled “Imaginary Players” Mickey Factz recently made the claim that Chicago rap legend Lupe Fiasco is a better lyricist than Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 16, 2025
Music Whitney Houston's Best Friend Robyn Crawford Details Romantic Relationship Robyn is releasing a memoir. By Erika Marie November 06, 2019
Music Livestream "Lil Baby & Friends" Free Fan Concert in Atlanta Lil Baby is livestreaming his free concert in Atlanta tonight. By Aron A. November 29, 2018
Music DaniLeigh Deactives, Then Reactivates, Twitter Amid "Yellow Bone" Colorism Conversation After singing "yellow bone is what he wants," the Def Jam artist faced accusations of colorism—especially after old tweets resurfaced. By Erika Marie January 22, 2021