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Music Tekken Player Named "Joe Budden" Gets Kicked Out Of Tournament For Toilet Paper Antics This mysterious Tekken player, who has no real connection to Joe Budden, showed up to CEO 2025 with a (partial) Doctor Doom costume. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music JT's First Week Numbers For "City Cinderella" Stirs Up A Back-And-Forth Debate For context, her last album, the City Girls' "RAW", sold just 6,000 copies. By Zachary Horvath July 31, 2024
Music Kodak Black & Zoe Spencer's Awkward Livestream Interaction Goes Viral Fans have been criticizing Kodak Black for the way he behaved with Zoe Spencer during her recent livestream. By Cole Blake September 15, 2025
Music Armand Hammer & The Alchemist Announce New Collaborative Album, "Mercy" Armand Hammer and The Alchemist previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed album, "Haram," in 2021. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music Judge Accused Of Trying To Sway Case Tied To Meek Mill Associate In New Complaint Philadelphia judge Scott DiClaudio was named in a formal misconduct complaint filed by the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board this week. By Caroline Fisher September 10, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Clears The Air Surrounding Chief Keef Relationship Rumors Sexyy Red and Chief Keef have thrown fans for a loop for the past year or so, but a new interview saw her speak on their bond more honestly. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar "Not Like Us": Did He Pay Tribute To Drakeo The Ruler Or Bite His Flow? If anything, the similarities prove that Kendrick Lamar is a diligent student of rap. By Demi Phillips May 16, 2024
Music Did Drake Diss Kendrick Lamar On "The Shoe Fits?" Fans are going back to some of Drake's songs to look for clues. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2024
Music Metro Boomin Denies Pedophile Accusations But Quickly Deletes The Post Metro Boomin has responded to the concerning posts. By Cole Blake May 07, 2024
Sports Cam’ron Calls Out Shannon Sharpe For Only Getting Advice From White Men Killa Cam and the rest of the "It Is What It Is" panel are feeling some type of way about Shannon's comments. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2024
Music Brandy Essential Songs Brandy's essential songs highlight her influence in R&B with iconic tracks like "I Wanna Be Down" and "The Boy Is Mine." By Rain Adams July 11, 2024
Music ASAP Rocky Demands A Kendrick Lamar & JID Collab ASAP Rocky needs Kendrick Lamar and JID to work together soon; he has no collabs with the latter, and two hits with the former. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025