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Music Young Thug Begs God For Lil Durk’s Freedom Young Thug wants to see Lil Durk come home soon. By Aron A. May 14, 2026
Music What Time Is Drake Dropping "ICEMAN" Episode 4? Drake is looking to make a big splash on Thursday, and it appears as though he has set a time for "ICEMAN" Episode 4. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Fakemink Hints At Potential Feature On Drake's New Album "ICEMAN" Fakemink and Drake linked up at Wireless Festival in London last year, so an "ICEMAN" feature wouldn't be surprising. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2026
Music Drake Responds To T-Pain "Step Away" Comment, Revealing The Auto-Tune Singer Has Always Resented Him Lil Wayne has made heavy contribution in the music careers of Drake and T-Pain. Both were suppose to release joint album with Weezy F. Baby. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 26, 2025
Music Top5 Claps Back At Kanye West For Starting Beef With The Game In what seems to be an extension of his Drake beef, Kanye West called out The Game for showing love to Top5 despite Top's threats to Ye. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 12, 2025
Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music 2Pac’s Estate Faces $5 Million Lawsuit Over Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad Speech Sample Aside from 2Pac's estate, Suge Knight, Interscope Records, Death Row Records, and more also also named in the lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher April 03, 2025
Music DDG Gives Fans A Health Update After Showing Off Concerning Leg Indentations Even though DDG is dealing with a lot of online narratives these days, he knows to keep his health in check above all else. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Enters Rare Taylor Swift Territory With "MUSIC" Streaming Debut Playboi Carti was always going to perform well with fans, but his latest album has broken through in a way few predicted. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Receives Impressive First Week Sales Projections For New Album "MUSIC" Playboi Carti gave a lot of tracks off of his new album "MUSIC" their live debut at his Rolling Loud Los Angeles headlining set this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Mase Surprisingly Reveals He'd Be Open To Visiting Diddy In Prison Despite Tensions Mase also spoke to Cam'ron about the rumor that he sat next to one of Diddy's sons at the funeral of Voletta Wallace, Biggie Smalls' mother. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music 50 Cent Taunts Big Meech With Snitching Allegations As Beef Intensifies 50 Cent has been going after Big Meech on social media ever since the former drug kingpin teamed up with Rick Ross for a Welcome Home show. By Caroline Fisher March 13, 2025