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Music Kanye West Updates Lil Durk On Diddy, “BULLY” & More During Prison Call Lil Durk says that amid his prison stay, he's taking it a day at a time and trying his best to stay focused. By Caroline Fisher March 08, 2025
Music R Kelly Interviewers Defend Their Decision To Invite Him On Their Podcast Kanye West recently provoked some other R. Kelly debates by including him as part of his bigoted Twitter rants. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2025
Music Diddy Tape Resurfaces Of His 2009 New Year's Eve Party With Drake, Rick Ross & More Diddy's parties have been the subject of various civil lawsuits alleging misconduct, and is at the center of his federal case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2025
Music 50 Cent Ruthlessly Trolls Jim Jones Over Album Sales Amidst Feud Jim Jones might've had beef with Cam'ron at first, but 50 Cent has proven to the bigger threat due to his social media prowess. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music T-Pain Credits Unexpected Rapper With Making Auto-Tune "Cool" T-Pain is the King of Auto-Tune, but he admitted that it took the efforts of other artists for his style to be embraced. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Shows Love To Kim Kardashian For Sharing His Song On Social Media Today, Tory Lanez dropped his new album "PETERSON," which he recorded over the course of three weeks from prison. By Caroline Fisher March 07, 2025
Music Big Sean Recalls Beyonce's Surprising Reaction To "I Don't F**k With You" Big Sean talked about Beyonce and Jay-Z's reactions to his hit record on the "St. Brown" podcast with Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Reviews Tyler, The Creator's "CHROMAKOPIA" Tour: A Master Of His Craft Made MSG Feel Like Home For his most mature album to date, Tyler, The Creator crafted a cogent and transportive culmination of his artistic and personal trajectory. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 15, 2025
Music "The Breakfast Club" Debates Drake's Hot Take On London Rappers Drake headlined three straight nights at Wireless Festival in London over the weekend and brought out several guests. By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Hired Two Private Investigators To Subpoena Kojo Menne Asamoah In UMG Lawsuit Drake's legal team alleges that Kojo Menne Asamoah helped artificially inflate the success of Kendrick Lamar's hit, "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025
Music Drake Fires Subliminal Shot At Alex Warren For Blocking "What Did I Miss?" From Going No. 1 Drake generated a lot of discourse over this release per usual, but it wasn't enough to dethrone Alex Warren's TikTok smash hit. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025