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Music Kanye West Accuses Playboi Carti Of Pulling Up To Ye's Hotel With A Gun Kanye West also doubled down on his distaste for Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC" and how he feels Carti is copying him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Leaves The Joe Budden Podcast Speechless With His Massive Feature Price Of course, you may have seen this Wiz Khalifa interview with "The Joe Budden Podcast" for Wiz's flat Earth conspiracy theory. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Sports Ja Rule Hilariously Blames Knicks' Playoff Loss On 50 Cent 50 Cent was in attendance as the New York Knicks dropped Game 2 to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, leaving the series tied at 1-1. By Cole Blake April 23, 2025
Sports Kevin Gates Adds Fuel To The LeBron & Savannah James Fire By Sitting Courtside At The Lakers Game Kevin Gates brought along his latest romantic interest, Brittany Renner, to watch the Lakers on Tuesday night. By Cole Blake April 23, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg & Death Row Records Push Hard To Toss Out $107 Million Suit Against Them Snoop Dogg and Death Row have been fighting this court battle since 2002, and it was amended in 2022 when the former became the founder. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Gets Deeply Honest About Why Most Rappers Are Struggling On The Charts DJ Akademiks believes there are a handful of key factors playing into the lack of variety hip-hop is seeing on the charts. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Music Lil Wayne To Headline Historic Madison Square Garden Concert To Debut “Tha Carter VI” Lil Wayne is planning to release "Tha Carter VI" as his first album in the iconic series since 2018 on June 6th. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks & Wack 100 Refuse To Stop Fighting Over Big U & Bricc Baby RICO Case DJ Akademiks said Wack 100 was being hypocritical about his criticism of "police" behavior on podcasts, whereas Wack defended his content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music TDE's Punch Shares His Perspective On How Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Began While TDE president Punch could've mentioned other inflection points, the tension between Drake and Kendrick Lamar comes down to a few bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Relationships ASAP Rocky Says Rihanna Knew They Were Meant To Be Years Before They Started Dating Recently, ASAP Rocky looked back on the process of recruiting Rihanna for his iconic "Fashion Killa" music video. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2025
Music Offset Is Cheering On Cardi B To Have A Successful Rollout For "AM I THE DRAMA?" Despite the divorce and a new man being in Cardi B's life, Offset doesn't want anything more but for her to win with her next album. By Zachary Horvath September 10, 2025
Music The Game Calls Leaking Phone Calls The "New Snitching" Amid Young Thug Controversy The Game took to Instagram to deliver a post that doubled as both a minor defense of Young Thug and a callout of whoever's leaked his calls. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025