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Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Reportedly Breaks Another Record After Hot 100 Exit Loads of fans can't believe Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" has held on for this long, whereas many others are tired of its hype. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025
Music Cassie Allegedly Considered Jumping From A Hotel Balcony To Flee From Diddy Cassie's relationship with Diddy has continued to be a focus for witnesses testifying in the Bad Boy mogul's criminal case. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Relationships Cassie Gives Birth Two Weeks After Diddy Trial Testimony Congratulations are in order for Cassie and Alex Fine as they officially had their third child together on Tuesday. By Alexander Cole May 28, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Thanks Jeffrey Wright For Giving Him Acting Advice While Shooting "Highest 2 Lowest" ASAP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright star alongside Denzel Washington and many more in Spike Lee's new film, "Highest 2 Lowest." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Music 50 Cent To Seize Ex-Employee's House As They Struggle To Cover $7 Million Fraud Judgment The former employee was convicted of allegedly embezzling over $2 million from 50 Cent's Sire Spirits brand. By Cole Blake May 26, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Promises Streamer University’s Young Dabo With Pelle Pelle Collection Playboi Carti partnered with Pelle Pelle for it's revival in early 2025. The brand supported his number-one selling album, MUSIC. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Analyzes Young Thug’s Comment To Kid Cudi Testifying Against Diddy DJ Akademiks is known for his commentary on hip hop current events. He has been very vocal during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music Pressa Accuses Top5 Of Being A Rat And Paying Blogs To Delete Robbery Details These two Toronto rappers used to be cool with each other, but something happened along the way that drove Pressa and Top5 apart. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Viral DDG's Friendly Interaction With A Woman On Stream Leads To Racial Slur Controversy It seems like DDG and the woman are fine, so this was something going out of proportion. Still, it was a risky and worrisome insinuation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Ice Of "The Joe Budden Podcast" Eviscerates Hitta J3 For Dissing Him Hitta J3 and Ice were beefing way before the former decided to shoot at the latter on his Joey Bada$$ diss, "The Last Supper." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music The East Versus West Rap Battle Of 2025 Boasts A Whopping 93 Diss Tracks On Its Timeline Justin Hunte summed up all the main tracks and offshoots from the rap battle between Joey Bada$$, Ray Vaughn, Daylyt, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music That Mexican OT Calls Bobbi Althoff A "Jackass" In The "OT"-Explained Interview That Mexican OT has built an impressive resume with collaborations with BigXThaPlug, Lil Wayne, and Paul Wall. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 22, 2025