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Music Young Thug Responds To Nicki Minaj's "Barbie Dreams" Young Thug follows Meek Mill and 50 Cent in responding to the "Queen" rapper. By Aron A. August 10, 2018
Music Tyla Addresses Colorism Allegations In Letter To Fans She went into detail on her own identity. By Lavender Alexandria June 13, 2024
Music Kanye West Returns To Twitter To Announce South Africa Concert Following his controversial cryptocurrency launch, Kanye West returned to his infamous social media page ahead of his new album "Bully." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2025
Pop Culture Drake To Link Up With IShowSpeed For Highly Requested Toronto Stream Drake and IShowSpeed's past interactions have been nothing short of ridiculous and hilarious, so fans can't wait for their upcoming collab. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Jay-Z Defends Bad Bunny Amid MAGA Super Bowl Backlash Bad Bunny's upcoming Super Bowl halftime show has sparked a great deal of backlash from conservative commentators and politicians. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues His Unrelenting Trolling Of Diddy Following His Prison Sentencing 50 Cent is one of many social media users to react to Diddy's sentencing, which has mostly been responded to with shock and disappointment. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Reaches Hard To Claim That Doechii's Doing Hard Drugs As Her Relentless Verbal Barrage Continues Doechii's fans quickly arrived to dispatch of Azealia By Zachary Horvath January 06, 2025
Music Yo Gotti Is Worth $100 Million According To Forbes "If I never wrote another rap again, I’m financially straight," the Memphis MC told the outlet. "My whole career, I was setting up for that." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Storms Back To The Top Of The Billboard Hot 100 Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" isn't slowing down yet. By Cole Blake February 18, 2025
Music Cardi B Explains Why It Bothers Her When Fans Call Her Mexican She expressed her frustration with being misidentified by fans. By Lavender Alexandria April 05, 2024
Music Sheff G Begins Five-Year Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Attempted Murder Sheff G was one of 32 people indicted in a 140-count murder conspiracy case earlier this year, and was sentenced to five years in August. By Caroline Fisher October 01, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Adds Dez Bryant To Her List Of Enemies Amid Jay-Z Beef After Vicious Exchange Dez Bryant accidentally got on Nicki Minaj's bad side after getting mentioned in a comment by Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones. By Zachary Horvath August 04, 2025