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Music Suge Knight Reveals 2Pac Wanted To Sign Aaliyah To Death Row 2Pac was a huge fan of Aaliyah. By Caroline Fisher February 14, 2025
Music Drake & PartyNextDoor Reveal The Official Cover Art For "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Drake and PartyNextDoor are dropping a brand-new album on Valentine's Day and the excitement is starting to build. By Alexander Cole February 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sees Astronomical Uptick In Streams For "Not Like Us" After His Super Bowl Halftime Show The rest of his catalog also received a nice bump. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Reveals What Inspired “GNX” Kendrick Lamar recently opened up about his newest album. By Caroline Fisher February 06, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Equates Himself To Lil Wayne While Celebrating "MUSIC" Success Lil Wayne's son is a massive Playboi Carti fan who even remixed "LIKE WEEZY," and he also thinks these two are in similar legend spaces. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Police Release 911 Call From Young Scooter's Death Young Scooter died on Friday after a run-in with police officers in Atlanta who had been responding to a newly released 911 call. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Sports LeBron James & His Daughter Vibe To Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s "Luther" Amid Drake Tensions Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit collaboration, "Luther," is continuing to dominate the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By Cole Blake March 23, 2025
Music Kanye West Disses Kendrick Lamar Again By Leaving Him Off His "12 Rap Kings" List Kanye West previously hated on "Not Like Us" and named various rapper who deserved a Super Bowl slot before Kendrick Lamar. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music 21 Savage Mourns The Loss Of His Longtime Affiliate Lotto Savage After Georgia Shooting 21 Savage and Lotto Savage were some of the original members of the Slaughter Gang collective back in the mid-2010s. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music NFL Takes Fans Behind The Scenes Of Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's continued Billboard Hot 100 dominance with "luther" adds to this post-Super Bowl halftime show interest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Streetwear 6ix9ine Reveals His Blonde Hair Was Just A Wig For Presumed New Music Announcement 6ix9ine is still under house arrest and dealing with legal trouble following a police raid on his home to verify his probation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Bizarre Comparison Between Nazism And Bisexuality Kanye West has frequently posted about Nazism and antisemitism since going on an unhinged X rant last month. By Caroline Fisher March 15, 2025