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Music Lord Jamar & DJ Vlad Reflect On Their Fallout Over Louis Farrakhan Comments Lord Jamar explained how he took issue with how DJ Vlad misquoted and criticized Minister Louis Farrakhan and his comments on Jewish people. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Tech Kanye West Fans Demand For "Ye" Twitter User To Hand Over His Account Kanye West wants to change his Twitter handle from @kanyewest to @ye, and he can't do that until a Twitter user leaves the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music BigXthaPlug Fan Gets Angry After The Rapper Declined Taking A Picture With Him BigXthaPlug lives by the rule that if he takes a picture with one fan, he has to take a picture with everyone. This admirer wasn't having it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Barry White's Estate Files Copyright Lawsuit Over Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar's "Like That" Sample The full story is a little more complicated than that... By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2024
Music Knxwledge Hits Mach-Hommy With Bombshell Allegation About Stealing Beats Knxwledge and Mach-Hommy previously teamed up with one another back in 2017 for a brief, 8-song collaborative project. By Cole Blake April 16, 2025
Music Jess Hilarious Crashes Out On Breakfast Club Co-Hosts In Seething IG Rant The Breakfast Club has had its share of controversies, but Jess Hilarious upped the ante with her aggressive comments. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Draws Mixed Fan Reaction With "PETERSON" First Week Sales Tory Lanez had crazy buzz heading into his new album, and it had a successful first week depending on who you ask. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Continues His Dominance Over Drake As The Latter Falls Out Of The Billboard Top 10 Kendrick Lamar and Drake both dropped albums that have been competing on the charts in recent months. By Cole Blake March 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Is Supposedly Dropping A New "WW3" Album Today Kanye West shared a tracklist full of characteristically absurd song titles on social media on Thursday morning. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music Travis Scott & Future Join Kendrick Lamar & Drake In Surpassing Staggering 2025 Spotify Milestone The year-old Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle may still be holding onto relevance, but don't scoff at Future and Travis Scott's hit-making. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Pays Homage To Oliver Tree After His Tragic Passing Oliver Tree tragically passed away in a helicopter accident this weekend, and on Monday, Kid Cudi delivered his reaction. By Alexander Cole June 15, 2026
Music Rich Homie Quan’s Father Speaks On Birdman Missing Funeral And Young Thug Fallout Rich Homie Quan's dad said that his fallout with Young Thug "affected [him] a lot." By Tallie Spencer May 28, 2026