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Streetwear Drake Shows Off His Aaliyah Hat After Surprising Crowd At WWE Elimination Chamber Drake is back in Toronto after canceling his "Anita Max Win" tour dates, popping out for a WWE event and repping Aaliyah. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Music Diddy Hit With Seven-Plaintiff Lawsuit Accusing Him Of Assaulting Minor At Biggie Smalls Video Shoot Other plaintiffs in this new Diddy lawsuit allege various instances of sexual assault ranging from 1994 to 2014. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Debunks Fans Rumors Of Drake's Anita Max Win Tour Postponement Over Low Ticket Sales DJ Akademiks continues to defend Drake after rumors swirled that the rap star suddenly cancelled his Australian tour. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 01, 2025
Music Beat It: Drake Becomes First Artist To Surpass 110 Billion Streams In Spotify History Drake continues to prove why he is the biggest act in music as he surpassed 110 billion streams on Spotify. The first ever to do it. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 01, 2025
Music RZA Likens Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef To This Hollywood Blockbuster While Addressing The Battle Much like the rest of the hip-hop world, RZA thinks that the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle represents an important lyrical tradition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Meek Mill Recalls LeBron James' Artistic Advice Amid Praise For New Fridayy Collab "Proud Of Me" LeBron James' wise words from years ago seem to have inspired Meek Mill's emotionally potent verse on this new song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Who Had The Better Verse? Wiz Khalifa Fans Praise His Teased Feature On J Cole's "cLOUDs" We don't know if J Cole will officially release this Wiz Khalifa version of "cLOUDs," but fans are loving it regardless. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Applauds Drake For Going Against The Industry Haters During Interview From Prison Tory Lanez spoke on his own independent grind in the music industry while commenting on the Drake discourse on the "Full Send" podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Kanye West’s Ex-Assistant Lauren Pisciotta Reportedly “In Hiding” Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Arick Fudali, the lawyer representing Kanye West's former assistant Lauren Pisciotta, recently discussed the fallout of her lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Kanye West Is As Confusing As Ever In His Latest Twitter Rant About Swastikas Kanye West is repeating many of his Twitter talking points about his embrace of the swastika emblem and pushback from the industry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Chopper Alleges He Saw Diddy Kissing A “Powerful” White Man During a recent interview, former Da Band member Chopper recalled some of the things he allegedly experienced while spending time with Diddy. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Claiming He Ordered 2Pac’s Murder During Alleged Sexual Assault A male escort recently hit Diddy with a new lawsuit, accusing the Bad Boy founder of drugging and sexually assaulting him. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025