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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
Relationships A$AP Rocky Explains How Rihanna Has "Changed" Since Giving Birth A$AP Rocky was among several other celebrities who spoke about their relationships with Rihanna for the piece. By Cole Blake April 21, 2026
Music Rick Ross Reveals He Almost Broke His Leg Ahead Of Memoir Release Rick Ross nearly hurt himself really badly in the comfort of his own home, but he looks back at the memory fondly. By Zachary Horvath April 20, 2026
Music Cardi B Expresses Paranoia Over Conspiracy Theory That Cell Phones Can "Read Our Minds" While Cardi B is putting her tinfoil hat on to question our surveillance age, fans' conspiracies are all about her pregnancy rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music 42 Dugg Complains About How Hip-Hop "Turned On" Drake Drake feuded with tons of other artists in 2024, including ASAP Rocky, Rick Ross, and most notably, Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake August 28, 2025
Music Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR Share The 19 Contest-Winning Visuals For "SOMEBODY LOVES ME" Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and Kai Cenat announced a competition for aspiring creators to come up with visuals for the track in May. By Zachary Horvath August 27, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Claims For The Umpteenth Time That His New Album “Don’t Be Dumb” Is Done ASAP Rocky acknowledged to Spike Lee that his busy schedule and constant delays have made him want to drop "Don't Be Dumb" out of the blue. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Ed Sheeran Details The Connection Between His Favorite Rap Albums Ever Ed Sheeran has created several chart-topping songs in rap with megastars such as 50 Cent, Eminem, and Game. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 22, 2025
Music Gladys Knight Shuts Down Her Son's Elder Abuse Allegations Gladys Knight is currently performing alongside Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills on the "The Queens Tour." By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music 50 Cent & G-Unit Studios Working On Plans To Build Permanent G-Dome In Shreveport 50 Cent's G-Unit Studios has big plans for downtown Shreveport, Louisiana and one of their ideas includes building a Las Vegas-like Sphere. By Zachary Horvath August 19, 2025
Music Steve Lacy Takes A Turn On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Steve Lacy introduced us to his next era on "R&B Season," whereas Coco Jones updated her previous one with a new deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Says Young Thug Continuing To Diss Gunna Will Do More Harm Than Good Young Thug continues to diss Gunna on new verses and subliminal tweets, and now DJ Akademiks has weighed in on the jabs. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025