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Music Drake Shows Love To DDG's New Album Despite Poor First Week Sales DDG has always been a huge Drake fan, so we have to imagine that the Michigan content creator and rapper is on cloud nine right now. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music Denise Bidot Accuses Lil Wayne Of Physical Abuse After He Kicked Her Out Of His Home On Mother's Day Denise Bidot and Lil Wayne had been dating for a few years, however, they reportedly broke up out of nowhere on Mother's Day. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2025
Music Bobby Shmurda Owns Up To Tour Failure, Lawsuits On The Way Bobby Shmurda earned respect from everyone in hip-hop after his release from prison for not snitching and serving more time in his bid. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 11, 2025
Music John Legend Reveals What He Thinks Caused Kanye West’s Sad “Devolution” According to John Legend, he never saw Kanye West's "obsessions with antisemitism" and "anti-blackness" when they were friends. By Caroline Fisher May 10, 2025
Music Potential Jurors With Ties To Diddy Case Take The Stand Amid Sex Trafficking Trial 35 people have been added to the juror pool so far since Diddy's criminal trial kicked off earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher May 07, 2025
Music Kanye West Tries To Play Matchmaker And Get Top5 A Date With Sexyy Red Kanye West's Drake fandom is one commonality with Sexyy Red, and we presume Top5 might've met her at some point, too. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Gifts Drake Affiliate Top5 A Swastika Chain During Bizarre Livestream Kanye West has fiercely defended his decision to wear swastika t-shirts, chains, and more in recent months. By Caroline Fisher May 01, 2025
Music SZA's "SOS" Scores 13th Week At No.1 As Grand National Tour Kicks Off SZA released SOS and LANA in December 2024. The album broke Michael Jackson's record for longest album to hold the No.1 spot on the charts. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 27, 2025
Music Young Buck Fans Demand His Release By Protesting Outside Of Prison The court sentenced Young Buck to 30 days in prison for allegedly skipping mandatory bond supervision check-ins over criminal charges. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Ray J Claims Responsibility For Creating Lil Kim And Nicki Minaj Feud Ray J's friendship with Nicki Minaj is stronger than ever these days, but the singer actually dissed the rapper in 2010. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music 50 Cent Won't Let His Foot Off Joe Budden's Neck After Sharing Wild Story From Budden's Girlfriend This 50 Cent move probably won't affect Joe Budden much, as he already made fun of himself for his... proclivities. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Spotify Addresses Snoop Dogg’s Claim He Only Made $45K Off A Billion Streams Recently, Spotify issued a response to Snoop Dogg's claim that he only made $45K off of a billion streams. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025