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Original Content A Guide To OVO's Roster & Affiliates The OVO Sound roster keeps growing. Here are all the active artists and affiliates. By Karlton Jahmal January 29, 2018
Music Drake Sends Out Cryptic Warning As Rumors Suggest "ICEMAN" Is Now Imminent Drake's upcoming album "ICEMAN" appears to be closer than ever, and the artist is all over social media with some messages. By Alexander Cole March 03, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Heavily Insinuates Drake Is Dropping Something Today Drake is set to drop "ICEMAN" on May 15, but according to a recent stream from DJ Akademiks, something could arrive much sooner. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Music Joe Budden Confronts DJ Akademiks For Not Defending Him Against Adin Ross Joe Budden took strong issue with Adin Ross' Doechii criticisms, and DJ Akademiks explained why he's not checking Ross' Budden disses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Claims J. Cole Killed The “Big Three” According to Charlamagne Tha God, J. Cole's decision to bow out of his battle with Kendrick Lamar marked the end of the "big three." By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Music Drake x Bobbi Althoff: 5 Takeaways From "Not This Again" Episode 1 Drake sat down with Bobbi Althoff for a new interview, over two years since their first one went viral. Here are some takeaways. By Devin Morton September 02, 2025
Music Drake Has Reportedly Apologized To Metro Boomin Multiple Times Drake and Metro Boomin have been at odds with one another for the last few years, but according to 21 Savage, things are looking up. By Zachary Horvath December 12, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Doesn't Believe Pooh Shiesty Would've Robbed A White Executive Pooh Shiesty has been charged for allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane at a music studio in Dallas. By Cole Blake April 13, 2026
Music HoodTrophy Bino Trolls Chrisean Rock For Getting Back With Blueface After Sucking His Toes HoodTrophy Bino previously claimed he ended his relationship with Chrisean Rock because she refused to cover up her Blueface tattoo. By Cole Blake November 05, 2025
Music Jay-Z's Alleged Son's Godmother Keeps Paternity Battle Alive In Court Rymir Satterthwaite's godmother Lillie Coley had her lawsuit against Jay-Z dismissed earlier this week, accusing him of neglect. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Music Top5 Buries The Hatchet With Hitta J3 And Calls Drake A Nail Polish Wearing Weirdo The move comes after Top5 posted a picture of Kendrick Lamar and praised his song, "Not Like Us," over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Tekken Player Named "Joe Budden" Gets Kicked Out Of Tournament For Toilet Paper Antics This mysterious Tekken player, who has no real connection to Joe Budden, showed up to CEO 2025 with a (partial) Doctor Doom costume. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025