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Music Tyler The Creator Mourns D'Angelo In Heartfelt Tribute D'Angelo's family confirmed that the 51-year-old singer passed away after a private battle with cancer on Tuesday. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Spikes Up Charts After Drake Loses Lawsuit Many iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify users ran "Not Like Us" back as Drake prepares to appeal this decision over Kendrick Lamar's diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Relationships A$AP Rocky Still Won't Reveal If He's Rihanna's Husband Or Not A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have grown a lot as a couple since they launched their relationship in 2020, but he's sending an interesting signal. By Zachary Horvath September 23, 2025
Music Jay-Z Seeks To Strip Sexual Assault Accuser Of Anonymity In Defamation Case The Jane Doe in this situation who dropped her sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z asked the court to uphold her anonymity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 14, 2025
Music Scooter Braun Expresses Disappointment In Former Client Kanye West's Controversies Besides Kanye West, Scooter Braun has also managed artists like Justin Bieber in the past, which occasionally became its own controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Tries To Play Matchmaker And Get Top5 A Date With Sexyy Red Kanye West's Drake fandom is one commonality with Sexyy Red, and we presume Top5 might've met her at some point, too. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Has No Plans To Leave Los Angeles Despite Continued Pleas Justin Bieber once again takes aim at Los Angeles paparazzi, maintaining that he does not intend to leave the city despite pleas from fans and family. By Devin Morton April 25, 2025
Music Diddy Fails To Exclude His iCloud Searches And Other Queries From Trial's Evidence Pool Diddy's legal team called the government's applications for phone and home warrants "Intentionally misleading" and "grossly distorted." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Music Drake Gets Roasted For Debuting New Hairstyle In Duck Face Selfie Drake still can't catch a break. By Caroline Fisher November 17, 2024
Music Boosie Badazz Weighs Canceling "Boosie Bash" Amid Rampant Backlash For Promo Flyer Featuring Caleb Wilson Boosie Badazz wants to use proceeds from the event to fund a scholarship in honor of the late Caleb Wilson. By Cole Blake March 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Wanted To Change His Name To "Christian Billionaire Ye" Are we surprised? By Devin Morton August 07, 2024
Music Benzino's Alleged Ghostwriter Speaks Out After “Rap Elvis” Controversy The rapper wants to make it clear he had nothing to do with dissing Proof. By Cole Blake May 01, 2024