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Music Farm Owner Claims Kendrick Lamar Almost Sued Him Over "Kendrick Llama" Name Texas-based farm owner Ronnie Semler told a story on his Instagram about how Kendrick Lamar's team almost took him to court over a llama. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
TV Adin Ross Disses Megan Thee Stallion Over "Love Island" Appearance Adin Ross is a big Tory Lanez fan, so it should come as no surprise that he has decided to take a stand against Megan Thee Stallion. By Alexander Cole June 26, 2025
Music Oprah & TD Jakes Address Wild Diddy Party Rumors Recently, Oprah Winfrey and Pastor T.D. Jakes took the stage at the religious leader's annual Good Soil Forum in Dallas. By Caroline Fisher June 21, 2025
Music Drake Loses Yet Another Huge Bet Thanks To The Indiana Pacers Drake bet $800K on the Oklahoma City Thunder to beat the Indiana Pacers with a six to ten-point margin in game six of the NBA Finals. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Ja Rule Couldn't Believe His Ears When He Heard Billy McFarland Is Planning Fyre Festival 2 Ja Rule, who distanced himself from the disastrous Fyre Festival, went on Fox 5 New York to promote his upcoming tour with Nelly and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Performs From A Helicopter At Rolling Loud LA With Rihanna & Blue Ivy's Support ASAP Rocky previewed various unreleased tracks from his highly anticipated upcoming album, "Don't Be Dumb." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 16, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, & Wyclef Jean Deliver Powerful Tribute To Roberta Flack At Her "Celebration Of Life" A beautiful ceremony for a beautiful soul, Roberta Flack's "Celebration of Life" was handled with great care by all of those involved. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Attempts To Explain Drake's Sharp Fall Off On The Hot 100 As Kendrick Lamar Remains On Top Kendrick Lamar was able to retain the top spot on the Billboard chart, despite Drake's fall off from the top 10. By Cole Blake March 04, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz' Son Tootie Raww Flips Off Kodak Black For Working With 6ix9ine Boosie's son weighed in on the upcoming collab. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2023
Music Anthony Fantano Goes To War With Kanye West's Fanbase After Calling "Vultures" An "Unreviewable" Album Anthony Fantano will not be intimidated. By Alexander Cole February 13, 2024
Original Content SoundCloud Rap Albums That Defined A Generation The SoundCloud era of hip-hop changed the blueprint of the genre for good through multiple chart-topping albums out of Internet culture. By Caleb Hardy May 20, 2023
Music Metro Boomin Confirms His Collab Album With JID Is "Still A Thing" Metro wants to keep working with the best in the game. By Elias Andrews April 26, 2024