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Pop Culture Adam22 Under Fire From Pop Smoke Fans After Interviewing The Rapper's Alleged Killer People online are fed up with the controversial podcaster using Black people's trauma for clicks. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2024
Pop Culture Roddy Ricch’s “Live Life Fast” Receives Incredibly Mixed Reactions From Listeners Some people aren’t in agreeance with the rapper’s “no skip policy.” By Hayley Hynes December 17, 2021
Music Aaliyah Has Posthumous Album Coming Featuring Drake, Chris Brown, Future: Report Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah's uncle who reportedly has control of her music, revealed there is a posthumous project in the works. By Erika Marie August 05, 2021
Music 6ix9ine Takes Credit For "Love Sosa" Streams Going Up 200% In 24 Hours "I’ve brought u back from the dead. Welcome back." By Devin Ch June 03, 2018
Music Kanye West Gifts DJ Khaled With Unreleased Yeezys Directly Off His Feet Kanye's beaming good energy after Sunday Service. By Noah C September 15, 2019
Music Diddy Argues He Had "Mental Condition" That Caused Him To Commit Alleged Crimes With time running out for Diddy before his trial, he's trying to put forth what prosecutors feel is an insignificant argument. By Zachary Horvath April 28, 2025
Original Content 20 Essential Kanye West Tracks This essentials list is almost as long and almost as legendary as Kanye West's infamous Zane Lowe rant. By Devon Jefferson September 10, 2017
Music Jon B Absolutely Hates The Gunna And Chloe Song That Samples Him The singer didn't give permission. By Elias Andrews August 06, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals What J. Cole’s First Week Sales Say About The Big Three Following the release of "The Fall-Off," J. Cole says he's going to be focusing on producing for other artists. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Drops Star-Studded Movie Trailer For "My Struggle" Boosie Badazz, YFN Lucci, Mo3, and Quando Rondo all appear in the action-packed trailer for "My Struggle." By Joshua Robinson September 08, 2021
Viral Machine Gun Kelly Accused Of Muting His Guitar During Live Shows With Kill Switch A TikToker who works at Guitar Center has received over two million views on his accusatory video. By Hayley Hynes March 08, 2022
Music Drake Plays FortNite With Ninja On Twitch Watch Drake play Fortnite with gamer Ninja on his Twitch stream. By Kevin Goddard March 15, 2018