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Music Drake Demands Access To Interscope CEO's Financial Records In "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Drake is accusing John Janick of having monetary incentives to artificially boost the performance of this Kendrick Lamar diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music Ice Spice’s Mom Goes Viral As Fans Lose It Over New Selfie Based on a newly-surfaced photo of Ice Spice and her mother Charina Almanzar, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music JID Defends J Cole's Kendrick Lamar Apology JID believes that J Cole has done too much for his Dreamville artists to lose sleep over an apology to Kendrick Lamar for a diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Offset Shares Update On His Relationship With Quavo Offset and Quavo's has gotten complicated over the years, particularly following the 2022 death of Takeoff. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Secure Solid First Week Sales For New Album "Alfredo 2" This is the biggest debut sales week for both Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist, which is a great achievement to see. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Offset Announces New Album With A Star-Studded Tracklist Offset's new album will be arriving just under a month before Cardi B drops "Am I the Drama?" in September. By Cole Blake August 05, 2025
Music Jay-Z & Beyonce Take Out $57 Million Loan On California Mansion Jay-Z and Beyonce reportedly first purchased their mansion in Bel Air for a whopping $88 million back in 2017. By Caroline Fisher July 22, 2025
Music Lil Baby Shocks Fans With New Ink After Previously Dismissing Tattoos Lil Baby does have an upcoming album to roll out very soon, so maybe this is part of a big public image change. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Original Content Different Gods: Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Two Versions Of Hip Hop Power Drake & Kendrick shaped a generation of Hip Hop, each pushing the genre in radically different directions. By Erika Marie July 20, 2025
Music Marlon Wayans & 50 Cent Escalate Their Feud With More Fiery Shots At One Another 50 Cent first called out Marlon Wayans in response to his criticism of Netflix's new documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 10, 2025
TV Diddy's Ex Bodyguard Makes Bold Claim About 50 Cent's Documentary Footage Roger Bonds blasted Diddy over the footage in 50 Cent's new documentary miniseries, explaining its allegedly darker context. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2025
Music Ray J Insists He Would “Never Point A Gun” At Princess Love After Arrest Last week, Ray J was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at Princess Love when she came to pick up their kids. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025