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Music Kanye West Rips Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" And Rages At Travis Scott Kanye West once again takes aim at Playboi Carti after Carti left him off of MUSIC, also taking a shot at Travis Scott in the process. By Devin Morton April 25, 2025
Music Kanye West Says Fake Love For Kendrick Lamar's "Luther" Is Being Used To Suppress Drake's "Nokia" Kendrick Lamar and SZA's track has remained at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for several weeks. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music Doja Cat Has A Sobering Answer For People Claiming She Looks Sad This is a much lighter example of previous Doja Cat frustrations, as she's called out the media for manipulating folks' perception of her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2025
Music Ken Carson Set To Achieve His 1st #1 Ever With "More Chaos" Ken Carson's More Chaos is the latest number-one of the Opium posse following Playboi Carti's massive hit record I AM MUSIC. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Viral XXXTENTACION's Son Gekyume Shares A Message For His Dad In New Interview Content creator Brandon Sloane ran into six-year-old Gekyume at a Target and asked him about XXXTENTACION for a video. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music Lil Durk Tries To Get Out Of Prison And Dismiss His Federal Indictment Via a new series of motions from his legal team, Lil Durk is questioning the evidence against him in his alleged murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music Diddy's Judge Orders Cassie To Hand Over Memoir Drafts And Allows Anonymous Testimony Diddy's lawyers argued against the mogul's two alleged victims being able to testify against him anonymously. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Mass Appeal Announces “Legend Has It” Series Featuring New Albums From Nas, De La Soul & More Mass Appeal also promises an album from a "surprise guest of honor," and social media users have plenty of predictions. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals His Parents Used To Beat Him Kanye West already made shocking statements about his mother, and this is just another private matter that could've been left alone. By Zachary Horvath April 15, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Nearing Impressive Hot 100 Milestone As "luther" Remains At Number One After the stunning "luther" visual, Kendrick Lamar and SZA continue to dominate the airwaves with their latest smash collab. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" Returning To Top Of Hot 200 With Respectable Fourth Week Sales Numbers The excitement around Playboi Carti and "MUSIC" may be settling down now, but fans are still purchasing the project and quite a lot of them. By Zachary Horvath April 12, 2025
Music Michael Jordan Gets Down To Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" After Allegedly Requesting It Michael Jordan is known to not be the biggest fan of rap, but it seems like he can respect a good song when he hears one like "Not Like Us." By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025