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Music Top5 Reveals He Posted Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Because Of Drake’s Ultimate Betrayal Drake recently promoted Pressa's new album, "Press Machine II," on his Instagram Story and it didn't sit well with Top5. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music 50 Cent Suggests He Did ABC Interview Just So Diddy Could See It In Prison ABC is allegedly one of the few news stations Diddy can watch in jail, so of course 50 Cent promoted "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" there. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Enjoys Australian Hike Amid Last "Grand National" Tour Shows Kendrick Lamar has been touring pretty much all year amid his "GNX" album and Drake-dissing hits, and it's wrapping up pretty soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Gives "Moment Of The Year" To Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Although DJ Akademiks is firmly on Team Drake, he couldn't deny that Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show had everyone talking. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Cardi B's Assault Accuser Fails To Secure New Trial A jury sided with Cardi B back in September against accusations that she assaulted a security guard back in 2018. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Trap Lore Ross Defends His New NBA YoungBoy Video Attaching Him To 19 Victims NBA YoungBoy fans are not the biggest supporters of Trap Lore Ross by any means, and it's been that way for a couple of years now. By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Music Blacc Zacc Reportedly Could Face The Death Penalty After Federal Murder-for-Hire And RICO Charges Blacc Zacc has pleaded not guilty to all charges. By Tallie Spencer December 05, 2025
Music Sounwave Reveals Kendrick Lamar Started ‘GNX’ Right After ‘Mr. Morale’ And Recorded Up To 100 Songs How Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' came together. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music Cam’ron Responds To Big L Family Criticism: “You Not Gonna Tell Me What I Seen Growing Up” Cam’ron responds to Big L’s family over alleged fabricated stories, explaining why he won’t stop speaking on what he witnessed growing up. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music D4vd Named The Most-Googled Person Of 2025 Amid Celeste Rivas Investigation The remains of missing teenager Celeste Rivas were discovered in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd in September. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025
Music Kanye West's Nazism Gets Him Banned From Brazil This is actually not the first time that Kanye West has been prohibited from performing in Brazil within the last year and change. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Music 21 Savage Reveals His Stance On Rap Beef When Asked About Drake & Kendrick Lamar In a resurfaced interview, 21 Savage was asked whether or not he thinks Drake and Kendrick Lamar could ever squash their beef. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025