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Music Kendrick Lamar Sets Another Impressive Milestone With "GNX" Album Sales The Kendrick Lamar and SZA collab "luther" is leading these staggering "GNX" album sales, as it remains number one on the Billboard Hot 100. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music Latto Thanks Drake For Teaching Her What Turks & Caicos Is Latto and Drake have a "Housekeeping Knows" collab under their belts, and a pretty strong artistic and personal relationship. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Seemingly Disses Lil Yachty After Setting Billboard Record Playboi Carti and Lil Yachty have never been close, but this is the closest we've seen the two come to legit beef. By Elias Andrews March 24, 2025
Music Young Thug Leaves Fans Split After Previewing Ken Carson Collab At Summer Smash Young Thug still has yet to confirm an actual release date for "UY SCUTI", but the number of snippets continues to pile up. By Zachary Horvath June 23, 2025
Music Doja Cat Reveals The Official Tracklist For New Album "Vie" Doja Cat previously released the lead single "Jealous Type" ahead of her new album "Vie" and its Friday, September 26 release date. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music Lil Gotit Goes After Gunna As YSL Tensions Continue To Rise Young Thug's leaked audio from a police interrogation has seemingly caused an all-out war amongst the YSL collective. By Zachary Horvath August 29, 2025
Politics The White House Uses Lil Wayne's Music To Promote U.S. Strikes On Iran Given Lil Wayne's previous support of United States President Donald Trump, this White House TikTok garnered some controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl James Rejects Drake Comparisons Amid UMG Lawsuit Cheryl James of Salt-N-Pepa says Drake suing UMG over Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-winning diss track is "kind of like calling the police." By Caroline Fisher July 24, 2025
Music Foolio Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rapper A dive into the rise of Jacksonville rapper Foolio, capturing his journey from the streets of Duval County to the hip-hop arena. By Jake Skudder January 17, 2024
Music JT Labels Cardi B's Sister, Hennessy, Jobless In Latest Fiery Message Cardi B reignited her feud with JT by dissing her and Lil Uzi Vert on her latest studio album, "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake October 01, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Pleading For House Arrest Over Prison Bid For Multiple Probation Infractions 6ix9ine has been testing his luck with the law leading up to his sentencing for his probation violations, but he's begging for leniency. By Zachary Horvath November 07, 2025
Music Tony Yayo & Uncle Murda Go Off Dave Blunts In Viral Rant Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda spoke about Dave Blunts' song, "First Day Out The Hospital," on their new podcast, "The Real Report." By Cole Blake February 09, 2026