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Pop Culture Nicki Minaj Fan Gets $60k Illegal Butt Shots To Copy Her Ass One Nicki Minaj fan is going to great lengths to replicate her ass. By Ben Mock April 23, 2023
Original Content Ja Rule Songs: Rapper's Best Hits Is Ja Rule Top 50? It's definitely debatable. Don't act like Ja didn't have hits! By Brandon Simmons April 24, 2023
Music Drake Posts Up With J. Cole & The OVO Crew In New Dreamville Photo Dump Drake shares behind-the-scenes photos from the Dreamville Festival afterparty at Dave & Buster's. By Aron A. April 06, 2023
Music BabyChiefDoIt Sparks Outrage By Admitting ChatGPT Writes His Raps Social media users have a lot to say about BabyChiefDoIt's latest admission about using AI to make his music. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music T-Hood Allegedly Assaults Kelsie Frost In Disturbing Leaked Video Before Fatal Shooting Earlier this month, T-Hood passed away at the age of 33 after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds outside of his Snellville, Georgia home. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music Kodak Black Claims He’ll Never Sign Another Artist During Heated Rant Recently, Kodak Black hopped online to vent about some of the issues he's run into since launching his Sniper Gang label. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Sports YesJulz Hopes She Doesn't Get Roped Into Drake & LeBron James' Beef YesJulz's name has been tied to LeBron James for years and she prays that Drake doesn't decide to spread any more narratives. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar The Only Rapper In 2025 To Chart A Song Every Week On The Hot 100 Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" was also recently named as the fifth best summer song of 2025. It was the only rap song on the list. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Drake Recalls Visiting Young Thug In Prison In New Audio From Ian Connor Ian Connor also shared alleged texts from Drake about the Young Thug visit, and now we have the voice message that he allegedly sent Connor. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 06, 2025
Music Drake Recalls A Grueling Nine Hours In Swedish Jail There was some confusion around Drake's arrest in 2022 as his reps denied that he was apprehended by Stockholm police. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025
Music Joe Budden Podcast Viewers Speculate That Melyssa Ford Is Off The Show Things got a little intense on the August 24th episode of "The Joe Budden Podcast" as Queenzflip checked the host on the success of the show. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025
Music Drake Co-Signs BigXThaPlug Ahead Of New Album, "I Hope You're Happy" Drake is working on an upcoming album of his own, having dropped two singles for "Iceman" in recent months. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025