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Music Boosie Badazz Thinks Some YouTubers Are Basically Doing The Feds' Work For Them Boosie is criticizing internet detectives for speaking on criminal activity. By Tallie Spencer August 06, 2026
Music Drake Links Up With Jessie Reyez To Do The “Shabang” Challenge Drake does the Shabang challenge, again. By Aron A. June 18, 2026
Music JAŸ-Z Pops Out Courtside At The NBA Finals, Signs Vinyls For Fans JAŸ-Z was at the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden last night, and he was signing vinyls beforehand. By Alexander Cole June 09, 2026
Music Lil Durk's Mom Says He Cut His Locks & Is "Doing Pretty Good" Behind Bars Lil Durk is in good spirits despite everything. By Erika Marie June 01, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Answers Whether Or Not He'd Fight Drake: "Bare Knuckles Like The Irish" A$AP Rocky recently sat down for an interview with Jason Lee, and there were some questions about Drake throughout. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music Joe Budden Believes Drake's "Janice STFU" May Be Dissing Him Joe Budden had overall positive things to say about Drake's "ICEMAN," but that doesn't make up for years of beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Breaks Another Touring Record With Grand National Tour The Grand National tour gave Kendrick Lamar the highest-growing year by a rapper in history. By Aron A. September 25, 2026
Music 50 Cent & Ebro Clash Over The Decline Of New York Hip-Hop Ebro Darden brought up how 50 Cent started beef with a lot of New York artists, whereas Fif thinks Darden's curation is more at fault. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2026
Music Yeat Seemingly Alluded To Ending Travis Scott's Career Before "On Nothing" Diss Yeat surprised fans when he dissed Travis Scott on "On Nothing," allegedly due to a Kylie Jenner collab and a "Slime Language 3" removal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2026
Sports Travis Scott, Jay-Z, And DJ Khaled Showed Up For World Cup Shocker Travis Scott, Jay-Z, and DJ Khaled were among the celebrities at Brazil's World Cup Round of 16 upset loss to Norway. By Ben Atkinson July 05, 2026
TV Erica Mena Speaks Out After Contestant On Her Dating Show Is Murdered Erica Mena shared a warm tribute for Jardyn “Pee Wee” Walker. By Tallie Spencer January 22, 2026
Music Don Toliver Kicks Off Rollout For New Album "Nitrous" After "Octane's" Success "Octane" remains one of the biggest hip-hop albums of 2026, and Don Toliver still has a lot of shows left on his tour to drop "Nitrous." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2026