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Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Falls 6 Spots On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake dropped the song as the lead single from his highly-anticipated new album, "Iceman," which is dropping later this year. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Young Thug's Kid Cudi Feature Disappears From "INSANO" Album After Thugger's "Rat" Shade Young Thug tweeted and deleted some comments about Kid Cudi testifying in the Diddy trial earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music A Cockroach Accidentally Caused The Beyonce Concert Stampede A young fan's reaction to an insect accidentally led to multiple hospitalizations after Beyonce's Atlanta concert. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music The Notorious B.I.G.’s Estate Reaches Settlement With Retailers Over Allegedly Unauthorized Prints In February of this year, The Notorious B.I.G.'s estate sued Target, Nordstrom, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Home Depot. By Caroline Fisher July 18, 2025
Music Ty Dolla $ign Proclaims Leon Thomas The "King Of R&B" Ty Dolla $ign's praise comes after Leon Thomas put on an eye-catching performance at Wireless Festival in London. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Deals A Low Blow To TDE's Punch Amid Fiery Callouts Nicki Minaj hasn't let her foot off the gas when it comes to her attacks against SZA either, and we're sure the saga isn't over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Music Eminem’s Grandson Adorably Recreates One Of His Iconic Looks Earlier this year, Eminem officially became a grandpa when his daughter Hailie Jade gave birth to her first child. By Caroline Fisher July 17, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Brings Out Latto, Yeat, & More For London Residency Sexyy Red's three-night-long club residency in London over the weekend appears to have been a massive success. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Hired Two Private Investigators To Subpoena Kojo Menne Asamoah In UMG Lawsuit Drake's legal team alleges that Kojo Menne Asamoah helped artificially inflate the success of Kendrick Lamar's hit, "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025
Music LeBron James Shows Love To Nas During Las Vegas Show LeBron James decided to shake Nas' hand in the middle of his set at Wynn Las Vegas yesterday, earning mixed reactions. By Caroline Fisher July 14, 2025
Music Young Thug Wants To Modify His Sentence From The YSL RICO Case Young Thug accepted a plea deal in the YSL RICO case, last October, to completely avoid further prison time. By Cole Blake July 14, 2025
Music Drake’s Day 2 Wireless Festival Setlist Revealed Drake’s three-night Wireless Festival sets have paid homage to various musical landscapes. Day 1 was R&B and Day 2 honored London hip-hop. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 13, 2025