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Music Nicki Minaj Flashes Trump Gold Card, Suggests She Fast-Tracked U.S. Citizenship An old post in which Nicki Minaj admitted to being an illegal immigrant recently resurfaced amid backlash for her support for Donald Trump. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Music Drake Links Up With Jessie Reyez To Do The “Shabang” Challenge Drake does the Shabang challenge, again. By Aron A. June 18, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Admits She Regrets Some Of Her Old Lyrics During an appearance on The Bryce Crawford Podcast, Nicki Minaj spoke on some of her biggest industry regrets. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Music JAŸ-Z Pops Out Courtside At The NBA Finals, Signs Vinyls For Fans JAŸ-Z was at the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden last night, and he was signing vinyls beforehand. By Alexander Cole June 09, 2026
Music Finesse2Tymes And FNG Shugga Arrested For Alleged Gun And Drug Possession Finesse2Tymes and his girlfriend/baby mama FNG Shugga were arrested for alleged gun and drug possession on Saturday. By Devin Morton September 21, 2025
Music Drake’s Touring Revenue Reaches Staggering New High Drake's Australian "Anita Max Win" tour reportedly raked in $30M, making it the highest-grossing rap tour in the continent's history. By Caroline Fisher September 18, 2025
Music Kai Cenat Says Drake’s ICEMAN Episode 3 “Wasted My Time” Ahead of hosting a conversation with Latto and Ice Spice, ending a feud, Kai Cenat watches Drake’s latest ICEMAN episode. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 05, 2025
Music Latto Allegedly Disses Ice Spice On Their Own Collab "Gyatt" While some fans think Ice Spice and Latto squashed their beef with their new song "Gyatt," others think they're still taking shots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Pop Culture Mero Unleashes On DJ Akademiks In Scathing Hot 97 Rant DJ Akademiks previously described Mero as a "DEI hire" for Hot 97, following the departure of Ebro Darden. By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music Jack Harlow's "Got Blacker" Comment Sparks Wild List Of Nicknames Jack Harlow said in an interview that he "got Blacker" after dropping "Monica" and that comment has only backfired on him. By Zachary Horvath March 16, 2026
Music Who Is James Broadnax? The Texas Death Row Inmate Travis Scott & Young Thug Are Fighting To Save Killer Mike, T.I., and other hip-hop artists have joined Travis Scott and Young Thug in bringing national attention to Broadnax’s case. By Aron A. March 12, 2026
Music Celina Powell's Friend Claims She Had An Affair With Offset While Dating His Assistant Celina Powell has previously shared her own stories of allegations about Offset and other artists in hip-hop. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026