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Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Projected To Reclaim Number One Spot From Drake Kendrick Lamar's latest album has gotten second and third winds thanks to the rapper's Grammy wins and Super Bowl performance. By Elias Andrews March 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues To Pile On Joe Budden By Digging Up Grossly Uncomfortable Clip About Sexually Pleasing Pets 50 Cent is unrelenting whenever he has a beef with somebody, and it seems like Joe Budden never got the memo. By Zachary Horvath March 04, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Fleeing L.A. In The Trunk Of A Police Car While Panicking After Biggie Smalls' Death The allegation was made in one of many lawsuits Diddy is facing as he remains behind bars in Brooklyn on charges of alleged sex trafficking. By Cole Blake March 04, 2025
Music Tony Buzbee Goes Scorched Earth On Jay-Z Following Lawsuit Against Jane Doe Tony Buzbee is a lawyer who has caught a lot of flack over the years and his latest battle has been against Jay-Z. By Alexander Cole March 04, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Drugs Up Hype For New Single With Classic Lil Wayne Sample Sexyy Red just scored a major hit with Bruno Mars, and teased fans with a potential follow up based around a Weezy song. By Elias Andrews March 04, 2025
Music Stevie J Recalls Meeting Diddy For The First Time Decades Before Scandal Stevie J publicly stood by Diddy before his arrest on federal trafficking charges, claiming he was on drugs during his leaked abuse of Cassie. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Viral DJ Akademiks-Affiliated Account Eviscerated For Comparing Drake To Emmett Till A secondary account for DJ Akademiks' brand (not run by him) equated the Drake and Kendrick Lamar Oscars joke to Emmett Till's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Assures Fans That "I AM MUSIC" Is Dropping "FASHO" In 2025 Fans have been patiently waiting for Playboi Carti's new album so long that they began to believe it will never come. He confirms it's coming. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 02, 2025
Music Drake Edges Out Kendrick Lamar On Billboard With "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Second Week Sales Now that Kendrick Lamar and Drake's newest albums are both charting on the Billboard 200 albums chart post-debuts, fans are keeping score. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Music Gunna Will Run Around The City In First Marathon In 2025 Gunna takes his fitness journey to the next level by competition his first marathon. He will run around the city for a good cause. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 01, 2025
Music Ashanti Reveals She Tried To Reconcile With Irv Gotti Before He Passed Away Ashanti spoke on Angie Martinez's "IRL" podcast about how she's processing the loss of her former collaborator Irv Gotti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music J Cole Is Up In The "cLOUDs" On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" also boasts new releases from Ray Vaughn, Masicka, Little Simz, Lil Tjay, TiaCorine, and REASON this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025