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Music Brian McKnight’s Son Niko Passes Away After Two-Year Cancer Battle Brian McKnight has been at odds with his biological children for some time now, even calling them "evil" last year. By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Raekwon Drops Stacked Tracklist For New Album "The Emperor's New Clothes" Raekwon's new album "The Emperor's New Clothes" is part of a treasure trove of classic MCs dropping new projects via Mass Appeal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Drake Shows Love To Tory Lanez While Promoting Upcoming Album Fans are hoping for a collab... By Elias Andrews February 10, 2025
Pop Culture Omar Gooding Claps Back At Cam'ron For Trolling Him On Instagram On Tuesday, Cam'ron reignited his beef with Omar Gooding, which stems from comments he made on "It Is What It Is." By Cole Blake August 06, 2025
Music Finesse2tymes Battles For Custody Of Daughter Following Her Mother’s Death According to Finesse2tymes, the mother of one of his children recently passed away, and now her family is seeking child support. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music The Alchemist Confirms That New Mobb Deep Album Is Finished According to The Alchemist, the highly anticipated Mobb Deep album is on the way, produced by himself and Havoc. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Goes Off On “B*tch” Fat Joe After “Rat Leader” Diss According to 6ix9ine, Fat Joe is the "cap leader," and even his co-host Jadakiss doesn't always believe him. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Hits Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show With A Legendary Comparison Kanye West says it was the best show since Michael Jackson. By Cole Blake February 10, 2025
Music Anticipated Drake & Central Cee Track Set To Be Released Tonight, But Fans Are Skeptical Drake and Central Cee have formed a lucrative friendship that includes collaborating on viral "On The Radar" freestyles. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 24, 2025
Relationships Latto Reignites 21 Savage Dating Rumors With Her Verse On New Nemzzz Track The Latto and 21 Savage relationship rumors were recently allegedly perpetuated by Young Thug late last month. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Disses Rick Ross During Scathing Cardi B Rant Nicki Minaj and Cardi B have been going back and forth this week, although Rick Ross did not ask to be involved. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Reviews Chance The Rapper "Star Line" Review In "Star Line," Chance The Rapper charts the difficult terrain of love, justice, and selfhood, crafting an album as restless and resolute as he is. By Aron A. August 19, 2025