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Music Drake Fans Are Unhappy With Pitchfork's "ICEMAN" Review Drake's "ICEMAN" is a polarizing release for many reasons, but OVO fans felt like Pitchfork didn't give its qualities a fair shot. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2026
Music Chris Brown Gets Into It With Content Creator Blasting Him For His Past Chris Brown's viral comment underneath a girl's Instagram lit a fire underneath one content creator/hater of his. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2026
Music Kenyon Martin Ignites Heated Debate After Claiming Rick Ross Has A Better Catalog Than Kendrick Lamar Kenyon Martin was on Gil's Arena with Rashad McCants on Tuesday night, and it led to a heated Rick Ross vs. Kendrick Lamar debate. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music Freddie Gibbs Mocks Gucci Mane's Pooh Shiesty Diss Track "Crash Dummy" Freddie Gibbs weighed in on the debate over whether or not Gucci Mane snitched on Pooh Shiesty in his "Crash Dummy" diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Music Young Thug Responds To 21 Savage’s Plea To Squash Gunna Beef Recently, 21 Savage took to Twitter/X to remind Young Thug of how close he and Gunna once were, urging him to end their feud. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Shares Clip With Antisemitic Stereotypes Praising His Comeback Kanye West shared a clip of Ray Daniels praising his SoFi Stadium shows and speaking on the backlash to Ye's antisemitism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
Music JT Hits Back At Cardi B’s Wild Allegations About Abortions & Nudes JT recently responded to Cardi B's scathing "Am I The Drama?" diss with a series of fiery tweets and videos. By Caroline Fisher September 24, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz & Charleston White Trash 21 Savage & Young Thug's "Streets" Pleas Boosie Badazz and Charleston White joined Honeykomb Brazy, BossMan Dlow, Fivio Foreign, and more in going against Young Thug and 21 Savage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music How To Watch Drake "Iceman" Episode Three Drake's new album "Iceman" is one of, if not the most anticipated hip-hop project of 2025, and it will soon be one step closer. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music 50 Cent Mocks Dame Dash After Film Company Sells For $100 This week, Dame Dash's film company was put up for auction in an attempt to pay off some of his defamation lawsuit judgments. By Caroline Fisher December 31, 2025
Original Content Kendrick Lamar's "Untitled Unmastered" Quietly Grounded "To Pimp A Butterfly's" Genius "untitled unmastered." shows off the cloudy under-and-overtones of the "TPAB" era in a way that sets it apart, but also makes its connection to its origins unmistakable. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 04, 2026