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Politics Don Lemon Fires Back At Nicki Minaj's "Disgusting" Homophobic Rant Nicki Minaj was furious with Don Lemon for covering a controversial anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in Minneapolis. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Narrator Behind J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" Trailer Reveals Identity & Story Behind Their Collab The voice behind J. Cole's trailer for "The Fall-Off" has come forward and has some great advice for anyone who makes content for a living. By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026
Music Turk Sounds Off On Juvenile For Backing Out Of Collab Turk is still being alienated from the Hot Boys, with the former sharing a development about a collab that went totally awry. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026
Music Mal Takes A Victory Lap After J. Cole Finally Shares "The Fall-Off" Release Date J. Cole finally confirmed that "The Fall-Off" will be arriving next month and pre-orders are already available. By Cole Blake January 14, 2026
Music Drake Seems To Clown Rory Online And Prompts Hilarious Response Rory and Mal have had a lot of Drake takes in the past, although it's unclear what prompted this cheeky troll from the 6ix God. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 10, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Unleashes On Kodak Black Following "Christmas Eve" Diss Earlier this week, Kodak Black dropped another couple of bars for Boosie Badazz on his YouTube release titled "Christmas Eve." By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Mal Calls Andre 3000 The “Most Overrated Rapper” Of All Time According to Mal of the "New Rory & Mal" podcast, Andre 3000 is no longer one of his top five rappers for one simple reason. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Music Future Signee Zeethewizard Dead At 25 After New Year’s Day Shooting Zeethewizard and four others were reportedly injured at the grand opening of a new strip club in his home state of Texas last week. By Caroline Fisher January 06, 2026
Music Westside Gunn Turns Nicolás Maduro's Arrest Into An Album Cover Donald Trump originally shared the image of Nicolas Maduro after Saturday's arrest on his Truth Social account. By Cole Blake January 05, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Rug Pulls His Fans With "Punk Rocky" Video Release: "Shut The F*ck Up" A$AP Rocky was supposed to drop the music video for "Punk Rocky" on Monday, but in the end, fans got completely rugpulled. By Alexander Cole January 05, 2026
Music Diddy Secures Backing From Law Professors In Battle To Appeal Sentence Multiple university professors have reportedly argued that Judge Arun Subramanian subjected Diddy to an unfair sentence given a mixed verdict. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026
Music Soulja Boy & DJ Akademiks Clash Over Divisive Take On Rappers And Streamers When DJ Akademiks posited that streamers have taken away rappers' mystique, Soulja Boy blasted him as a "lame." By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026