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Music J Cole, Lil Wayne, 21 Savage & More Join The Final Dreamville Festival's 2025 Lineup J Cole recently confused fans by allegedly teasing his retirement, but that won't happen before 21 Savage, Lil Wayne and more hit Dreamville. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Ty Dolla Sign Confirms “Vultures 3” With Kanye West Is On The Way Despite Offensive Tweets After Kanye West's bizarre X rant last month, some fans speculated that Ty Dolla Sign was trying to distance himself from the Yeezy founder. By Caroline Fisher March 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals Ridiculous Criteria For Open Casting Call The casting call comes as Kanye West continues to work on his upcoming studio album, "Bully," which is dropping in June. By Cole Blake March 16, 2025
Music Playboi Carti's "I AM MUSIC" Promised To Be The Biggest Debut Of 2025 Early reports show that Playboi Carti is set to be the biggest artist in hip-hop with his new album's streaming numbers top GNX & $$$4U. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 15, 2025
Music Don Toliver Claims He's Ready To Drop Another Album This Year Don Toliver did deliver with his 2024 record "HARDSTONE PSYCHO," and it seems he's feeling more confident than ever before. By Zachary Horvath March 15, 2025
Music Drake & PartyNextDoor’s Snag Impressive Streaming Title For The Third Week In A Row Last month, Drake and PartyNextDoor teamed up to unleash their anxiously awaited album, "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U." By Caroline Fisher March 13, 2025
Music Chris Brown Breaks Silence After R Kelly Joins Singer's "Residuals" Challenge Chris Brown used the explosion of his latest viral challenge to praise fans of his music and what he considers "real R&B." By Elias Andrews March 12, 2025
Music Freekey Zekey Reveals How He Helped Cam'ron Climb Out Of $1.4M In Debt Freekey Zekey says the financial struggles came after the release of Cam'ron's second studio album "S.D.E." By Cole Blake March 09, 2025
Music T-Pain Credits Unexpected Rapper With Making Auto-Tune "Cool" T-Pain is the King of Auto-Tune, but he admitted that it took the efforts of other artists for his style to be embraced. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Memphis Bleek Declares He Wouldn't Sell His Catalog For $100 Million Apparently, a phone call from Jay-Z convinced Memphis Bleek that he should keep his music catalog despite lucrative offers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Music TDE Affiliates Claim The Game Is Lying About Wanting To Sign Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar and The Game's relationship has been under quite the scrutiny in the aftermath of the Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Streamer Cuffem Suffers Gruesome Injury After Falling Through Railing At Playboi Carti Show Streamer Cuffem's fun night at Playboi Carti's show with DJ Akademiks and Adin Ross unfortunately was cut short after taking a nasty fall. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025