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Music Is French Rap The Next Wave? 5 Rappers To Look Out For French rap is about to blow up on a more mainstream level. By Demi Phillips February 26, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Wins BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriter Of The Year The success of "GNX" helped Kendrick Lamar land another major songwriting award, with six records recognized by BMI. By Erika Marie August 31, 2026
Music Skilla Baby Performs At 42 Dugg Show Just Days After Shooting Skilla Baby sustained various injuries when he suffered a drive-by shooting in Detroit this Thursday, but he fortunately recovered well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Where's The Function? Latto Reveals Where She Can't Enough Of Drake's "NOKIA" "NOKIA" has been taking the hip-hop world by storm since its release and Latto is recognizing the song (and Drake's) greatness. By Zachary Horvath March 01, 2025
Music Young Thug Says Kendrick Lamar Will Never Be Bigger Than Drake After Failing To Get A Feature The leaked call audio continues to come out, as Young Thug was allegedly caught blasting Kendrick Lamar after not getting a feature. By Devin Morton September 02, 2025
Music GloRilla Samples Boosie Badazz's Iconic Song, "Wipe Me Down," For New Snippet GloRilla paid tribute to Boosie with her latest sample. By Cole Blake September 14, 2024
Music Akademiks Reacts To Trap Lore Ross's Video Claiming Drake’s OVO Is A Gang Drake recently gifted Akademiks an OVO chain following the release of "ICEMAN." By Aron A. June 13, 2026
Music Rory Responds To Akademiks Wishing Death On Him Asked about DJ Akademiks and online criticism, Rory Farrell said internet hate often says more about the people posting it than its targets. By Erika Marie July 30, 2026
Streetwear Drake, Yeat, Sexyy Red Spotted In Nike's World Cup Final Box Drake, Kevin Durant, and several other stars joined Nike's exclusive suite at the 2026 World Cup Final in New York. By Ben Atkinson July 20, 2026
Relationships Doja Cat Admits She's Horny And Hints At Her Latest Relationship Doja Cat says that the person she's currently dating wants to fly out and join her on tour, but didn't reveal his name. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026
Music Jay-Z Disses Drake During Roots Picnic Freestyle Drake sent various shots at Jay-Z on his new album "ICEMAN," which Hov seems to have responded to via his Roots Picnic freestyle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2026
Music Childish Gambino "Atavista" Is Here: What Has Changed Since "3.15.20"? Childish Gambino's "Atavista" is a rerelease of his 2020 album 3.15.20, though there's plenty of original material to keep fans excited. By TeeJay Small May 17, 2024