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Sports NFL Linebacker Goes Viral For Invoking YNW Melly After Beating Former Team The Houston Texans and E.J. Speed took down their division rivals in the Indianapolis Colts, which also happens to be Speed's former team. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Kendrick Lamar Could Do The “Funniest Thing In Hip-Hop History” On “ICEMAN” Release Date With "ICEMAN" just a few days away, the Joe Budden Podcast wonders what would happen if Kendrick Lamar dropped on the same day. By Aron A. May 13, 2026
Music Rick Ross Sends Drake A Peace Offering: "I Don't Want To See You Lose" Rick Ross was one of many artists who dissed Drake in 2024 following years of collaboration and camaraderie. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals How XXXTentacion Brought Him And Drake Together Many years ago, Drake and XXXTentacion appeared to have some kind of feud, and DJ Akademiks was in the middle of it. By Alexander Cole April 27, 2026
Music Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Shut Down Tour Cancelation Rumors And Tease New Music Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia were supposed to perform over 20 concerts after their show in Arkansas on the 21st of August. By Cole Blake August 11, 2025
Music JID Reveals He & J. Cole Finished A 15-Song Project Together JID, who dropped his own album, "God Does Like Ugly," on Friday, also hyped up J. Cole's upcoming project, "The Fall Off." By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music Drake Says He's Tired From Making "Too Many Bangers" For New Album "Iceman" Drake's latest Instagram photo dump rounds up some of the hype on his "$ome $pecial $hows 4 U" tour with PARTYNEXTDOOR. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Team Clarifies They Haven't Spoken To Donald Trump About A Pardon Another member of Diddy's legal team previously told CNN that they thought someone representing the Bad Boy mogul reached out to Donald Trump. By Cole Blake August 07, 2025
Music New Billboards For NBA YoungBoy's Upcoming Album Pop Up In NYC NBA YoungBoy delayed his release for his highly awaited record for some reason, but it seems we are actually getting it this week. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025
Music Eminem’s Grandson Adorably Recreates One Of His Iconic Looks Earlier this year, Eminem officially became a grandpa when his daughter Hailie Jade gave birth to her first child. By Caroline Fisher July 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Has Been Effectively Blacklisted From Performing In Europe Kanye West has given a couple of recent performances in Asia and previewed other planned concerts in Central Europe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Sports Jaleel White Explains Why LeBron James May Have Switched Up On Drake Drake seemingly took some shots at LeBron James for supporting Kendrick Lamar on his new song, "What Did I Miss?” By Cole Blake July 07, 2025