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Music Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI" Draws Middling Opening Day Streams Lil Wayne has not been receiving the most positive feedback for his new album and the streams sort of reflect that. By Zachary Horvath June 07, 2025
Viral Foolio Murder Suspect Bobs Head To Yungeen Ace Song During Court Hearing Isaiah continues to dig a deeper and deeper hole for himself. By Zachary Horvath August 28, 2024
Music Drake's Toilets Are Programmable And He Keeps Using Them To Play 2Pac Songs This isn't the first we've heard of Drake's Tupac toilets, although this certainly feels different a year after "Taylor Made Freestyle." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Lefty Gunplay Allegedly Arrested Just Minutes Before Hitting Rolling Loud Stage Lefty Gunplay has already had his run-ins with law enforcement in 2025 and it seems the struggles to stay out of trouble are continuing. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Peddles Theory About Kendrick Lamar's Alleged Stream-Botting Amid Drake Beef No stream-botting allegations against Drake or Kendrick Lamar have been confirmed, but DJ Akademiks thinks fans are missing the big picture. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Viral Scru Face Jean Eviscerates DJ Akademiks In New Diss Track "AkaDiddy" Following Grooming Scandal The hip-hop world continues to scrutinize this Ak controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 30, 2025
Music Jay-Z, Drake, Diddy, And More Rappers Top Celebrity Private Jet Leaderboard Celebrities do a lot of traveling. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2024
Music 7 Best Hip Hop Moments On "Sesame Street" Hip hop and Sesame Street have crossed paths more times than people may realize. We're looking at a few of those times in this list. By Paul Barnes March 07, 2024
Music T-Pain Plays Drake's "Rich Baby Daddy" At Lollapalooza After Divisive Retirement Remarks T-Pain played Drake's "Rich Baby Daddy" during his set at the popular music festival, potentially suggesting they made up after their "beef." By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music Rory & Mal Co-Host Goes Off On Ray Vaughn For Allegedly Lying About His Age Ray Vaughn has since issued a response to Rory and Mal as well as Demaris by posting a video on social media. By Cole Blake July 29, 2025
Music Bishop Brigante Passes Away As Drake, Royce Da 5'9, & Many More Share Tributes Bishop Brigante released several popular singles over the years and even enjoyed a small acting career as well. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Music Birdman Says He Wants To Make A Cash Money Documentary With DJ Akademiks Birdman and his brother, Ronald "Slim" Williams, launched the now-iconic label, Cash Money Records. back in 1991. By Cole Blake August 06, 2025