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Music Bas Staunchly Stands By His Divisive Drake Take Ebro Darden went off on Drake about a week ago for keeping the Kendrick Lamar beef conversations going in hip hop a year later. By Zachary Horvath August 09, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Previews "Star Line" With New Writing Exercise, "The Lion" Via this recent writing exercise, Chance The Rapper recalled an important conversation with his father that still resonates to this day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Juvenile Addresses Turk's Controversial Cash Money Tour Exit Turk was having a great time on the Cash Money reunion tour with Juvenile and the rest of the Hot Boys... Until money got in the way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Defends Her Husband Kenneth Petty After Criticism From Dez Bryant Nicki Minaj spent her weekend feuding with Dez Bryant on social media after he called out Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. By Cole Blake August 05, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Clarifies He Has No Issue With "The Joe Budden Podcast" Metro Boomin released his new mixtape, "A Futuristic Summa," on Friday with a number of high-profile collaborations. By Cole Blake August 05, 2025
Music Lil Baby Throws Carnival-Themed 1st Back-To-School Event By His The Jones Project Non-Profit Lil Baby is on the WHAM World Tour in support of his latest album, featuring Young Thug, Future, and Travis Scott. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 31, 2025
Music Diddy & King Combs Using "International" Argument To Try & Drop Alleged Yacht Assault Diddy faces another legal hurdle as he and his son, Christian "King" Combs," try to have an alleged assault from 2022 dropped. By Zachary Horvath July 29, 2025
Pop Culture Who Is Rymir Satterthwaite? The Man Who Just Dropped His Paternity Lawsuit Against Jay-Z Rymir Satterthwaite recently dropped his paternity lawsuit against Jay-Z. But who is he, and why has he been in court since 2010? By Devin Morton July 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Warns TDE Against Botting Doechii's Streams With Megan Thee Stallion Comparison DJ Akademiks isn't buying into the authenticity of how successful Doechii's streaming numbers have become over the last year. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee Get Icy On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update We have a hearty "Fire Emoji" playlist this week with Drake, Central Cee, Tyler, The Creator, Wale, Freddie Gibbs, NBA YoungBoy, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Prosecutors Seek 6.5-Year Sentence In Federal Fraud Case Earlier this year, Sean Kingston was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud. By Caroline Fisher July 25, 2025
Music Trick Daddy Shows Love To Ozzy Osbourne For Clearing Iconic "Crazy Train" Sample Trick Daddy sampled Ozzy Osbourne's hit single, "Crazy Train," on his own song, "Let's Go," from "Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets." By Cole Blake July 23, 2025