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Music Pusha T Says Clipse’s Grammy Win Came With Plenty Of Politics Pusha T reflects on Clipse’s Grammy campaign after losing major categories to Kendrick Lamar and taking home one win. By Erika Marie September 03, 2026
Music Jack Harlow Says He Was In The "School Of Drake" Before Finding His Own Voice Jack Harlow explains his creative direction. By Tallie Spencer March 13, 2026
Music Drake Pays Heartfelt Tribute To Tay Keith After Tragic Passing Drake worked very closely with the late Tay Keith on tracks like "Nonstop," "Look Alive," "SICKO MODE," "Family Matters," and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music Rod Wave & Boosie Badazz Go At Each Other Over Allegedly Unpaid Samples This Boosie Badazz and Rod Wave situation has brought up questions about homage, ownership, label deals, and biting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2026
Music Officer Shocked By Playboi Carti's Fame In Traffic Stop Footage This traffic stop footage seems to be from Playboi Carti's Utah detainment over an alleged assault incident. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2026
Music Erykah Badu Shuts Down When Asked About Kanye West's SoFi Show Erykah Badu was one of many celebrities to see Kanye West at SoFi Stadium last week, but she's not interested in any discussions around him. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2026
TV DJ Akademiks Calls Atlanta Gangster Rap A "Clown Show" DJ Akademiks has been beefing with Atlanta rappers lately, and now, he is looking to escalate that grievance. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2026
Music Drake Rings In His 40th Birthday In New York City & Toronto Drake turns 40 on October 24th but he got an early start on the celebrations. By Aron A. October 23, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Works On “GNX” In Never-Before-Seen Footage Shared By Sounwave Recently, Kendrick Lamar's main producer Sounwave decided to hop online to give fans a look behind the scenes. By Caroline Fisher January 01, 2026
Music Maino Trolls DJ Akademiks For Getting Slapped By Lil Baby's Team DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby after claiming that a member of his team slapped him last weekend. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music Ice Spice & Wendy's Tease Collaboration Following McDonald's Brawl It appears that Ebro may have been onto something when he said Ice Spice's fight at McDonald's was for promo because she has a collab coming. By Zachary Horvath April 24, 2026
Music Dame Dash Claims Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium Guests Are Not His Real Friends Dame Dash found it ironic that Fat Joe and Jadakiss joined Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium last weekend despite previously having beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2026