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Music Scarface Shouts Out Jay-Z & DJ Khaled For Helping Him During Scary COVID-19 Battle In 2020, Scarface went through a life-threatening bout of COVID-19, and he recently thanked Jay-Z and DJ Khaled for helping him out. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Steve Lacy Takes A Turn On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Steve Lacy introduced us to his next era on "R&B Season," whereas Coco Jones updated her previous one with a new deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Says Young Thug Continuing To Diss Gunna Will Do More Harm Than Good Young Thug continues to diss Gunna on new verses and subliminal tweets, and now DJ Akademiks has weighed in on the jabs. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Jay-Z’s 28-Year-Old “In My Lifetime Vol. 1” LP Enters The Charts After Cardi B’s “Imaginary Players” Jay-Z’s In My Lifetime Vol. 1 also included the infamous single “Sunshine,” which featured a music video directed by Hype Williams. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 16, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Is Finally Back On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Chance The Rapper's comeback LP, "Fire Emoji" boasts new tracks from A$AP Rocky and Cardi B. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Pens Wholesome Thank You For Tyler The Creator Being "One Of The Few Mentors" He Has Lil Yachty and Tyler The Creator are longtime friends, and the former has served as an opening act on the "Chromakopia World Tour." By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music The Weeknd Brings Future Out For Stellar Miami Concert Highlight The Weeknd and Future repped for the "Low Life" on Abel's "After Hours Til Dawn" tour with Playboi Carti and Mike Dean. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Relationships Maranda Johnson Formally Accuses Kodak Black Of Domestic Violence After Sounding Off On Alleged Abuse Maranda Johnson and Kodak Black have been entangled in a nasty custody battle that's led to some huge allegations against the rappers. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Earl Sweatshirt Reportedly Dropping New Album "Live Laugh Love" Very Soon Earl Sweatshirt's rumored new album will allegedly include contributions from Vince Staples, Donald Glover, Bktherula, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Young Thug Gets Iced Out By Metro Boomin For His 34th Birthday At The Weeknd Concert Young Thug has a lot to be thankful for on his 34th birthday and we are happy to see him getting the chance to celebrate it with friends. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Hit With Prison Sentence For Wire Fraud Conviction Sean Kingston's mother Janice Turner received a five-year prison sentence for her own wire fraud conviction in this case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Sports Snoop Dogg To Serve As Community Chairman For Los Angeles In 2026 World Cup Snoop Dogg's hometown of Los Angeles will be hosting a number of matches during the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026. By Cole Blake August 14, 2025