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Music Lil Nas X Breaks Silence On Shocking Felony Arrest Lil Nas X spent the weekend behind bars before he was able to post a $75,000 bail on Monday for his viral arrest. By Cole Blake August 26, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Fans Go Bonkers Over Supreme Posters In New York Playboi Carti just announced a headlining tour to accompany "MUSIC" and fans are already ready for it to begin. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music Lil Nas X’s Father Breaks Silence On Son's Arrest And Hospitalization Lil Nas X's father Robert Stafford recently asked fans to keep him in their prayers following his arrest and hospitalization. By Caroline Fisher August 25, 2025
Music Ice-T Reflects On The Deaths Of Coolio And Michael K. Williams In New Documentary Special Coolio and Michael K. Williams both died after suffering accidental overdoses involving fentanyl in recent years. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Southside Says Young Thug Friendship Can't Bring Him To Work With Gunna Gunna and Young Thug's relationship is essentially over and its causing people to choose sides like trap producer Southside. By Zachary Horvath August 25, 2025
Pop Culture Denzel Washington Jokingly Takes A$AP Rocky's Watch During "Highest 2 Lowest" Interview Denzel Washington took A$AP Rocky's watch in a funny moment from an interview promoting Spike Lee's new film, "Highest 2 Lowest." By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Future Is Remixing "DS2" For A Special 10th Anniversary Ballet Concert Coming Soon The scrapped music video for Future's "DS2" highlight "Thought It Was A Drought" recently surfaced online, adding more to this celebration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 24, 2025
Music BigXThaPlug Answered Reporters With Clever “I Hope You’re Happy” LP Promotion While Leaving Jail In Dallas BigXThaPlug’s sophomore album, Take Care, was certified platinum in August. The album features “The Largest” and “Change Me.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 23, 2025
Music Offset Fires Back At Listener's Backhanded Compliment For His New Album Offset dropped his most personal and honest record to date this weekend with "KIARI" featuring JID, Gunna, John Legend and more. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Math Teacher Goes Viral With Back-To-School Rap Over Drake’s “Nokia” Drake’s “Nokia,” which appeared on $ome $exy $songs 4 U reached No. 1 on the Billboard Rhythmic charts and almost dethroned “Luther.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 23, 2025
Music Drake & Bobbi Althoff Shockingly Announce Reunion Podcast Drake and Bobbi Althoff's viral conversation came under more critical context when they seemed to fall out online. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Claims For The Umpteenth Time That His New Album “Don’t Be Dumb” Is Done ASAP Rocky acknowledged to Spike Lee that his busy schedule and constant delays have made him want to drop "Don't Be Dumb" out of the blue. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025