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Pop Culture Ice Spice Is Fighting Back In Her Wig Lawsuit Issues between Ice Spice and wig retailer Thee Bella Brand begun back in 2024 and it eventually turned into a legal war in 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Early Details For Afrika Bambaataa's Funeral Surface A week after the sudden death of controversial hip-hop star Afrika Bambaataa, we are getting word of what his funeral will be like. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Gio Reveals Why She Chose Not To Expose Playboi Carti Playboi Carti's alleged girlfriend, Gio Ramos, was going off on him earlier this week, but ultimately decided to pull back. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Lizzo Embraces Her Curves In Tiny Gucci Bikini Lizzo recently took to Instagram to flaunt her figure by the pool, making it clear that she likes what she sees. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Finds A Way To Hate On Kendrick Lamar For Going To Disneyland Kendrick Lamar went to Disneyland on Wednesday, and DJ Akademiks found a way to hate on the Compton rapper. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music NORE Claims He Has Proof That Offset Cheated On Cardi B With Saweetie Rumors that Offset and Saweetie were a thing have been floating around for years, but NORE claims he's got concrete proof. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Live Nation Monopoly Verdict Could Be A Turning Point For Hip-Hop Yesterday, a jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster have a monopoly over the live events and ticketing industry. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2026
Music Drake Ignites Debate On Social Media After Commissioning A Nine-Foot Statue Of Sade Sade is one of the most beloved artists from the 80s and 90s, and Drake decided to show love with a special statue. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music AllStar JR Targets J Prince Jr. On Vicious Diss Track “Mob Untied” AllStar JR continues to taunt both J Prince Jr. and NBA Ben10 after the latter was shot at a Houston restaurant. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2026
Music Kanye West Booked For Eight More Stadium Shows Following UK & France Bans Kanye West has been banned from the UK and France, but that isn't stopping him from touring throughout Europe. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg Reveals Who Is Playing Him In An Upcoming Biopic Snoop Dogg is getting his very own biopic in 2027, and an actor has already been chosen to play the legendary pop culture icon. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music Ebro Refutes The Belief That He's A Hater Of Independent Media Ebro says he's always been one to crack jokes about DJ Akademiks and other creators, but he wasn't going after independent media. By Cole Blake April 15, 2026