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Music Kendrick Lamar’s Streams Are Up Huge Since His Polarizing Super Bowl Halftime Show Kendrick Lamar is dominating streaming services. By Cole Blake February 12, 2025
Music Clipse Watch A Touching 2002 Video Of Late Parents While Discussing “The Birds Don’t Sing” With Ari Melber Clipse’s Pusha T is one of Ari Melber’s favorite rappers. He has quoted lyrics from King Push on live broadcasts for years. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 20, 2025
Music Fat Joe Rips Foundational Black Americans (FBA), Calls Them "Broke" & "Black Racists," Backlash Ensues Joey Crack roasts whoever these broke dudes is. By Bryson "Boom" Paul December 22, 2024
Music Cardi B Fans Speculate About Her Diss Target On Young Thug’s “UY SCUTI” Cardi B has been getting a lot of praise for her guest verse on Young Thug's new album, and her bars are potentially for multiple targets. By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025
Music City Girls May Have Inspired A Rap Duo Appearing In "GTA 6" More details about "Grand Theft Auto VI" are coming in ahead of it's long-awaited release date on May 26, 2026. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Music Wack 100 Reveals How He Could Have Saved Drakeo The Ruler’s Life According to Wack 100, he was "100 deep" at the Los Angeles music festival where Drakeo The Ruler was fatally stabbed. By Caroline Fisher September 15, 2025
Music Chris Brown Champions Donald Trump's Proposed IRS Changes The singer is fully onboard. By Elias Andrews January 16, 2025
Music XXXTENTACION's Mom Buys $3.4M Mansion He Chose Before His Death: Report XXXTENTACION's mother dropped $3.4M for a new mansion in Parkland, FL. By Aron A. September 06, 2018
Music US Revokes Bob Vylan's Visas Over Controversial Glastonbury Set Police in the United Kingdom are investigating the performances of both Bob Vylan and Kneecap at Glastonbury. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Music Kirk Burrowes Targets Diddy's Mom Janice Combs Again Over Bad Boy Stock Bad Boy cofounder Kirk Burrowes alleges that Diddy's mother Janice Combs falsely took over Burrowes' company shares and lied about repayment. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Slams Megan Thee Stallion’s Team For Trying To Make Him Pay For Deposition Earlier this week, DJ Akademiks did his second deposition over Megan Thee Stallion and Milagro Gramz's case. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Sides With Nicki Minaj Amid Twitter Spat With SZA In the war of words between Nicki Minaj and SZA on Tuesday evening, DJ Akademiks is taking the side of Minaj. By Devin Morton July 16, 2025