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Music Playboi Carti's YouTube Gets Hacked With Fake "I Am Music" Album Following Fans Mass Outrage Fans are taking matters into their own hands now. By Zachary Horvath December 28, 2024
Music How Hip-Hop Culture "Revived" Itself & Declared War On Its Leaders In 2024 Last year, some fans declared that hip-hop is dead. While its "revival" in 2024 was massive, it came with difficult questions. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 18, 2024
Relationships Young Thug Confirms That Mariah the Scientist Broke Up With Him Things have been a little rocky between Young Thug and Mariah the Scientist as of late, even with their collabs on "UY SCUTI." By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music The Lil Baby Dilemma: Declining Reign, Diminished Dominance & The End Of An Era Lil Baby’s run dominated both the charts and the streets, but even Atlanta’s baton carrier has a ceiling, and 2025 made it impossible to ignore. By Aron A. September 26, 2025
Music Disguised Sexyy Red Runs Around Paris With DDG But No One Is Fooled Sexyy Red's raunchy style, fashion, and music made her a bonafide superstar in pop culture. In 2025, she created a mega hit with Bruno Mars. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 29, 2025
Music Digital Nas Raises Eyebrows By Claiming Kanye West & Drake Have A Joint Album On The Way Kanye West has had nothing but nice things to say about Drake lately, thanks to his legal battle with UMG. By Caroline Fisher April 27, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Disses Kanye West And Accuses Ye Of Stealing His Song With NBA YoungBoy Playboi Carti has issued a response to Kanye West after a song with NBA YoungBoy dropped on Instagram this afternoon. By Alexander Cole May 21, 2025
Music Adin Ross Unsuccessfully Moves To Have Subpoena Dismissed In Megan Thee Stallion Defamation Case Adin Ross moved to have Megan Thee Stallion's subpoena dismissed, but it did not work. However, he'll have a chance to try it again. By Devin Morton September 21, 2025
Music Jay-Z’s 28-Year-Old “In My Lifetime Vol. 1” LP Enters The Charts After Cardi B’s “Imaginary Players” Jay-Z’s In My Lifetime Vol. 1 also included the infamous single “Sunshine,” which featured a music video directed by Hype Williams. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 16, 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 Playboi Carti Won't Stop Teasing Another New Album Despite Grueling Wait For "MUSIC" Playboi Carti is coming off of another Billboard No. 1 debut for his new album "MUSIC," which pushed almost 300K units in its first week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
Music Drake Fans Are Furious With Montell Jordan's Stance On "Papi's Home" Montell Jordan had mixed feelings about Drake sampling his song, "Daddy’s Home," for a "Certified Lover Boy" track. By Cole Blake May 06, 2025