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Music Kanye West Claims He's Changing His Instagram To "Ye" West wants his verified Instagram account to reflect his new name. By Lavender Alexandria February 28, 2024
Music The Weeknd Settles "Call Out My Name" Copyright Lawsuit The Weeknd has reached a settlement in the copyright lawsuit regarding "Call Out My Name." By Cole Blake March 20, 2023
Music Drake Celebrates "One Dance" Becoming His First Song To Reach 3 Billion Streams Only six other songs have accomplished this in Spotify history. By Zachary Horvath February 21, 2024
Music Afrika Bambaataa Cause Of Death Revealed Many folks are reacting to Afrika Bambaataa's passing, whether hip-hop fans at large or his sexual assault and child molestation accusers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Music Swizz Beatz Recruits Jay Electronica For His Loaded "Hip Hop 50: Vol 2 EP" Jay Electronica and Swizz Beatz are teaming up. By James Jones April 20, 2023
Music Justin Bieber Reportedly Spotted In Las Vegas, Fans Hope Usher Will Bring Him Out At The Super Bowl Is a Bieber-Usher reunion really on the cards? By Ben Mock February 11, 2024
Music Sheff G Is Already Back In The Studio Following Prison Release Sheff G has new music on the way. By Cole Blake April 22, 2024
Music Boosie Badazz Opens Up On Two Recent Lawsuits Filed Against Him Boosie is also in the process of filing some suits of his own. By Lavender Alexandria November 30, 2023
Pop Culture "BMF" Viewership Has 50 Cent Teasing Spinoffs Again Fif is firmly back on the spinoff train after flip-flopping over the past year. By Ben Mock March 08, 2024
Music Lil Pump And Donald Trump Share A Selfie From UFC Event Where Fighter Claims Political Bias Trump's name came up throughout the night's proceedings. By Lavender Alexandria December 18, 2023
Music Fat Joe Praises Rick Ross For Car Show Success Fat Joe had some strong words of endorsement following Ross' viral car show. By Lavender Alexandria June 12, 2023
Music Eminem’s Grandmother, Betty Kresin, Dead At 87 Sources close to Eminem's family claim that his maternal grandmother Betty died at her Missouri home this week. By Caroline Fisher March 11, 2026