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Music Ice Spice Turns Heads After Leaving Birthday Bash With PlaqueBoyMax Ice Spice drew attention for having a little too much fun at her birthday party, but who she was seen leaving with has become the real story. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Music Drake Pops Out In Houston While Fans Beg For New Album "ICEMAN" Drake promised that his final "ICEMAN" stream will be his team's best work for the rollout, and die-hards can't wait to see it pay off. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Music Memphis Bleek Declares He Wouldn't Sell His Catalog For $100 Million Apparently, a phone call from Jay-Z convinced Memphis Bleek that he should keep his music catalog despite lucrative offers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Music 21 Savage Unveils Tracklist & Features For "What Happened To The Streets?" Features for 21 Savage's new album have been speculated, with some assuming the likes of Travis Scott, Lil Baby, and Young Thug. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Wale Reflects On Distance With Drake And Painful Kid Cudi Fallout Wale spoke candidly and earnestly about his industry relationships with Kid Cudi and Drake amid the release of his new album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Waka Flocka Flame Says He Won't Trust Celebrities After 50 Cent Diddy Doc Waka Flocka Flame's comments on the 50 Cent-executive-produced Diddy docuseries "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" are ironic given his Trump views. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Drake Crowned Third Biggest Songwriter Of The Century On Billboard's Hot 100 According to Billboard, Drake is the best songwriter among his 21st century peers on the Hot 100, bested only by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Are Already Working On "Alfredo 3" Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist's "Alfredo 2" has been lauded as one of the best hip-hop albums of the year so far. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music Cardi B Confirms "Am I The Drama?" Tour Announcement Is Coming "Very, Very Soon" Cardi B recently confirmed that she will be going on tour in 2025 amid ongoing rumors of another pregnancy. By Devin Morton September 02, 2025
Music The Weeknd Brings Future Out For Stellar Miami Concert Highlight The Weeknd and Future repped for the "Low Life" on Abel's "After Hours Til Dawn" tour with Playboi Carti and Mike Dean. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Diddy Seeks $100M In Broadened Defamation Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations In an amended lawsuit, Diddy alleges that Courtney Burgess and NewsNation caused him “severe reputational harm." By Caroline Fisher August 12, 2025
Music Bas Fiercely Defends Drake Amid Ebro Criticism Bas recently fired back at Ebro's comments about Drake, claiming that he's "arguably the greatest writer of a generation." By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025