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Music Cardi B Admits She Was “Intimidated” After Selling Out Kansas City Arena Cardi B shares a humble moment of realization. By Tallie Spencer March 19, 2026
Music Kanye West Finally Settles “Vultures 1” Sample Dispute In 2024, Kanye West was sued by three artists who accused him of illegally sampling their song on "Vultures 1." By Caroline Fisher March 19, 2026
Music Drake Surprises His Dad With Blue Bentley For Father's Day Drake's dad gets a nice new whip for Father's Day. By Aron A. June 18, 2018
Original Content What Happened To Gym Class Heroes? We're looking at how Gym Class Heroes seemingly disappeared as quickly as they blew up off of hit single "Cupid's Chokehold / Breakfast in America." By Caleb Hardy May 26, 2023
Music Diddy Suffers Legal Loss In Disturbing Jonathan Hay Assault Lawsuit Jonathan Hay's sexual assault lawsuit also named Biggie's son, CJ Wallace, whose arguments were shut down by a judge last month. By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Benzino Rips Jim Jones For Saying He's Better Rapper Than Nas Benzino is best known for his 2002 hit "Rock The Party." Hailing from Boston, he entered hip-hop with a trio rap group called Hangmen. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 26, 2025
Music Who Is Sadboi? The Toronto Rapper That Drake Just Co-Signed Drizzy just helped his fellow Toronto native to a wider audience. By Demi Phillips April 02, 2024
Music Drake Doubles Down On UMG Claims In "Not Like Us" Appeal Statement Drake's dismissed lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's diss track and UMG's alleged defamatory practices is a big narrative leading up to "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Original Content What Happened To ILoveMakonnen? It’s been years since many fans heard from iLoveMakonnen. The “Tuesday” hitmaker returns with a candid conversation, opening up about loss, viral moments, Drake, OVO, and rebuilding after the industry turned its back. By Erika Marie September 29, 2025
Music Kanye West's "Bully" Is Potentially Facing Another Delay If this holds true, then this will be the eighth time that Kanye West has pushed "Bully" back within the last year. By Zachary Horvath February 20, 2026
Music D4vd Sings About "Celeste" In A Leaked Song From 2023 D4vd has been performing on his "Withered" world tour as police continue to investigate the death of Celeste Rivas. By Cole Blake September 18, 2025
Original Content Top 25 Best Ty Dolla $ign Songs Of All Time Counting down the best tracks in Ty Dolla $ign's catalogue. By Danny Schwartz October 19, 2017