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Pop Culture Big Sean & Hit-Boy Perform "What A Life" On "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" The "What You Expect" collaborators hit the Fallon stage to perform one of their newest records. By Taylor McCloud November 19, 2021
Music Michael Jackson's "Friend" Comes Forward As Newest Accuser Michael Jacobshagen wrote a book about their "marvelous" friendship before these allegations. By Zaynab January 27, 2019
Music Celina Powell Shares Video In Bed With Tekashi 6ix9ine Celina Powell claims that she and Tekashi are "dating." By Devin Ch April 08, 2018
Music Peter Gunz Breaks His Silence After Amina Buddafly Claims She’s Homeless With Their Kids Recently, Amina Buddafly took to social media to reveal that she moved to Germany to stay with family after losing her home in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Original Content Lil Durk's Mixtapes, Ranked Lil Durk is one of the most prolific artists in the game today. On this list, we are going to rank his 12 career-shaping mixtapes from worst to best. By Devin Morton June 25, 2025
Music An Entire Kanye West Album Just Leaked Kanye West has released unfinished album since 2016's Life of Pablo. Donda 2 was released on a custom made streaming player. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 18, 2025
Music The Day Rap Broke The Internet: Reexamining Kendrick Lamar's "Meet The Grahams" Vs. Drake's "Family Matters" One year ago today, Drake and Kendrick Lamar went song-for-song at the height of their feud. By Aron A. May 03, 2025
TV Every Rap & R&B Star That Appeared In The “Power” Universe From Freddie Gibbs and Lil Durk to Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent has used the "Power" universe to introduce rappers into TV. By Aron A. October 09, 2024
Music SZA Shares Two New Song Snippets To Her Finsta SZA shared two new songs on her finsta, though neither seemed to be complete. Hopefully, we get to hear them soon. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Explains Why He Thinks Drake Is A Hypocrite For UMG Lawsuit Charlamagne Tha God recently posited that Drake's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" collab album with PARTYNEXTDOOR lacks soul. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2025
Music Burna Boy Responds To Backlash After Kicking Fan Out Of Concert: "Did I Tell You To Be My Fans?" Burna Boy doubled down on his decision. By Tallie Spencer November 20, 2025
Music Rory Responds To Twitter Spaces Backlash For Addressing Racist Tweets Rory has been getting dragged for old tweets and reposts speaking negatively about Black women, and his initial response also caused a stir. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025