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Music The Weeknd's "Hurry Up Tomorrow" Makes A Massive Debut On The Charts The Weeknd can't be stopped. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 09, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Reveals If He's Playing "Not Like Us" During Halftime Show The legal ramifications are still be sorted out. By Elias Andrews February 05, 2025
Music Bambi Defends Erica Mena Over Controversial "Blue Monkey" Comment The scandal got Mena fired in 2023. By Elias Andrews February 04, 2025
Sneakers Drake Clowns Anthony Edwards In Hilarious Promo Video For The Nike KD 19 "Purple Candies" Drake and Kevin Durant are good friends, so it should come as no surprise that Drizzy is promoting the Nike KD 19 "Purple Candies." By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Music Jury Recommends Life Sentences For Foolio's Convicted Killers Davion Murphy, Rashad Murphy, Sean Gathright, and Isaiah Chance got life sentences for Foolio's murder. A fifth accomplice awaits sentencing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Allegedly Sent Tyler The Creator Cease And Desist Over "CHROMAKOPIA" Verse Tyler The Creator rapped about a similar situation on Clipse's new album, but nothing linked it to Playboi Carti explicitly. Grains of salt! By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 12, 2025
Music Cardi B Addresses Bizarre Rumor That Stefon Diggs Left Her Over BBL Smell Recently, fans noticed that Cardi B removed any posts featuring Stefon Diggs from her Instagram page, sparking all kinds of theories. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music Big L's Family Shares Statement On His Upcoming Album For Mass Appeal's "Legend Has It" Series Via a statement on the Big L Instagram, his family noted how much of the late rapper's classic material is no longer on streaming services. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Pusha T Sends Bone-Chilling Message To Rappers He Hates "So F*cking Bad" Pusha T has presented himself as a sleeping giant during this Clipse album rollout and it's got us chomping at the bit. By Zachary Horvath April 15, 2025
Music Michael Jordan Gets Down To Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" After Allegedly Requesting It Michael Jordan is known to not be the biggest fan of rap, but it seems like he can respect a good song when he hears one like "Not Like Us." By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Politics Kanye West Blasts Frank Ocean For Trying To Convince Him Not To Support Donald Trump Kanye West infamously made headlines for endorsing Donald Trump during his first campaign for the presidency. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Kodak Black Shuts Down Rumors About Converting To Islam Kodak Black has provided an explanation. By Cole Blake January 12, 2025