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Music Gucci Mane Was "Embarrassed" By Rant Calling Out Drake, Nicki Minaj, And Rick Ross Gucci Mane went a on a furious X (then Twitter) rant in 2013 where he called out Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and plenty others. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Hosting "BABY BOI 29" Birthday Bash In Brooklyn Amid Album Hype Playboi Carti has been teasing this album since the release of "MUSIC" in March, so hopefully this party will bring about some updates. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Original Content How Jay-Z Traveling To London Saved His Career We're taking a look at how traveling to London in 1989 saved the storied career of Jay-Z from coming to a premature end. By Caleb Hardy May 04, 2023
Music Death Of Jacksonville Teen Corbin Johnson Sparks Viral TikTok Challenge The death of Jacksonville teen, Corbin Johnson, ignited a viral TikTok challenge called "Where's Corbin?" By Brianna Lawson January 04, 2022
Music Demi Lovato Rejected Intervention From Her Team Weeks Before Overdose Demi's team tried to stage an intervention weeks before she OD'd on heroin. By Devin Ch July 26, 2018
Relationships Shaboozey Sparks SZA Dating Rumors After Allegedly Sneaking Her Into His Photo Dump SZA has been romantically linked to Drake and an ex-fiancé of 11 years total. Shaboozey was connected to Emily Ratajkowski in 2024. By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025
Music Fans Believe They Just Found Drake's Instagram Burner Account Drake did have his "Plot Twist" account drop a lot of material over the past few years, so maybe this is part of the "ICEMAN" rollout. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Burna Boy Responds To Backlash After Kicking Fan Out Of Concert: "Did I Tell You To Be My Fans?" Burna Boy doubled down on his decision. By Tallie Spencer November 20, 2025
Music Drake Didn't Win Any BET Awards Despite Having The Most Nominations This Year This outcome for Drake wouldn't really be notable if it wasn't for Kendrick Lamar beating him in the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist field. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2024
Music YSL Woody Affiliate Reportedly Murdered In Atlanta Amid Young Thug RICO Trial News outlets and law enforcement don't have a lot of information at press time about what led up to this shooting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2024
Music Rubi Rose Refutes Claim That She Was 16 In "Bad And Boujee" Video She set the record straight. By Elias Andrews June 14, 2024
Music Drake & Common Beef: What Exactly Happened? Drake and Common had a notorious beef with one another back in 2012, leaving many fans to wonder just what their feud was all about. By TeeJay Small June 13, 2024