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Music Drake Hits Absurd Spotify Milestone That No Other Artist Has Achieved Drake's latest feat on Spotify refers is thanks to 300 songs in his catalog, and their streaming performance makes him one-of-one. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 16, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why Kanye West Would Beat Drake In “Verzuz” Despite being a massive fan of Drake, DJ Akademiks says Kanye West has more culture-defining songs to put him over the top. By Cole Blake February 09, 2026
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Has Harsh Takes About J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" While "The Joe Budden Podcast" doesn't think J. Cole's album "The Fall-Off" is bad by any means, they spoke on common first-day critiques. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music SZA Says She's Never Had Work Done On Her Face And Never Will SZA spoke on a lot of fan theories floating around online about her. By Lavender Alexandria October 30, 2023
Music Offset Gives Fan The Night Of Their Life By Inviting Them Onstage Offset may be dealing with a new album on the way and the Cardi B drama, but he's even more passionate about spending time with fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2025
Music Drake Confirms That "Iceman" Is Dropping This Year A title that was once speculated by fans is now becoming reality as Drake has just said that "Iceman" is coming in 2025. By Zachary Horvath June 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Won’t Back Down Amid $1 Million Lawsuit Against Ex 50 Cent is currently suing his ex, Shaniqua Tompkins, for allegedly violating a contract she signed with G-Unit Books. By Caroline Fisher February 04, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Reveals Why He Dissed Drake On “Don’t Be Dumb” During a recent interview with Ebro for Apple Music, A$AP Rocky set the record straight about his beef with Drake. By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Music Lil Durk's Murder-For-Hire Trial Date Has Been Revealed After being behind bars for over a year, Lil Durk and his team finally have a date set so that they can begin campaigning for his freedom. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Demanded $2 Million From 6ix9ine For A Feature During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks recalled 6ix9ine's attempt to collaborate with NBA YoungBoy, revealing it didn't go as planned. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music Blueface Explains Why He Needs Three Girlfriends Blueface knows how to start a debate online and his logic behind needing three girls in his life is doing just that. By Zachary Horvath December 26, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz & Charleston White Trash 21 Savage & Young Thug's "Streets" Pleas Boosie Badazz and Charleston White joined Honeykomb Brazy, BossMan Dlow, Fivio Foreign, and more in going against Young Thug and 21 Savage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025