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Streetwear Nike Threw Drake A Dinner To Celebrate His 3 New Albums Nike hosted a private dinner for Drake to celebrate his triple album release, with a menu card referencing a lyric from "Burning Bridges." By Ben Atkinson May 17, 2026
Music Drake's Three New Albums Get Gargantuan First Week Sales Projections Drake's "ICEMAN" is leading the pack when it comes to first week sales projections, but "HABIBTI" and "MAID OF HONOUR" rank high regardless. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Drake Beats Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Spotify Record With "ICEMAN" Intro Drake's "ICEMAN" boasts the second-highest debut for a rap album in Spotify history, and its intro surpassed Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Joe Budden Thinks Drake Sounds "Evolved" On New Album "ICEMAN" "The Joe Budden Podcast" spoke on Drake's triple album release and how "ICEMAN" connects to his earlier discography. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Politics Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Says Drake Is Making The City "Proud" Later, the mayor shared a thank you note from the rapper where he called her "Crodi Colivia Chow." By Erika Marie May 15, 2026
Music Here's Every Cameo From Drake's "ICEMAN" Episode 4 Livestream Drake delivered "ICEMAN" Episode 4 on Thursday evening, and it came with some huge cameos that turned a few heads. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Music DJ Hed Claims Drake Has An Alleged Second Album Dropping Tonight Called "Man Of Honor" DJ Hed took to X on Thursday and threw fans for a loop by suggesting a second Drake album might be dropping tonight. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Drake Claims He Slept With Joe Budden's Girlfriend And Suggests Dr. Dre Should Be In Jail Drake's song "1 AM In Albany" was leaked last night, and the artist is taking aim at everyone, including Joe Budden and Dr. Dre. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music 18-Year-Old Brooklyn Artist BOE Quahh Shot And Killed On Mother's Day Over the weekend in Brooklyn, 18-year-old drill artist BOE Quahh, legal name Quahmir Cruz, was shot and killed. By Alexander Cole May 13, 2026
Music Chris Brown's First Week Sales Projections For "Brown" Stuns Fans Chris Brown's latest album has stirred a bit of controversy, and now the conversation has shifted to "Brown" & it's first-week sales. By Erika Marie May 12, 2026
Music Adin Ross Claims Kendrick Lamar Is Running Scared Because Of Drake's "ICEMAN" Following a bizarre situation involving Kendrick Lamar's catalog on Monday, Adin Ross has decided to weigh in with a ridiculous take. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2026
Music Chris Brown's New Album Receives Pitchfork's Lowest Score Of The 2020s So Far Chris Brown's new album "BROWN" has been drawing some polarizing reviews, and there is no better example than Pitchfork. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2026