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Erika Marie October 08, 2026 Music Chance The Rapper reflected on what his stage name means to him, and why he's been seriously considering a different, albeit similar, moniker.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2026 Music Blueface and Chrisean Rock have been swatted over and over again, and the calls simply will not stop happening.
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Alexander Cole October 08, 2026 Music AZ Chike is trying to take full advantage of his opportunity.
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Tallie Spencer October 08, 2026 Music Drake's "FOMO" livestream was a huge success, and this week, he will be releasing some of the songs on streaming platforms.
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Alexander Cole September 29, 2026 Music From the beginning, this seemed to all be a misunderstanding.
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Zachary Horvath September 30, 2024 Music Judge Michael W Fitzgerald found himself siding with DJ Akademiks on Wednesday as the jury entered deliberations for the Lil Durk case.
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Alexander Cole September 10, 2026 Music The Game is suing Universal Music Group and Virgin for allegedly neglecting their end of the agreed-upon marketing budget for "Drillmatic."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2026 Music Days after the release of "FOMO," Drake has officially come through with the video on demand, which can be watched on YouTube.
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Alexander Cole September 18, 2026 Music Drake has been dissed before, but seldom do these disses come from fellow Canadian artists like The Dotted Line.
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Alexander Cole October 01, 2026 Music The doctor was featured on "The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E" and said the rapper's wife, who was pregnant when he died, is lucky she was negative.
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Erika Marie September 09, 2021 TV A new scripted series will revisit Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s rise from West Philadelphia before sitcom fame took over.
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Erika Marie October 08, 2026
Sports Mike Tyson Says Diddy Asked Him To Deliver A Letter To Trump Combs’ clemency push reportedly included help from Mike Tyson, who says he personally passed a letter along to the president.
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Erika Marie 
Music Chance The Rapper Is "Thinking A Lot" About Changing His Name Chance The Rapper reflected on what his stage name means to him, and why he's been seriously considering a different, albeit similar, moniker.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Blueface Swatted Again As Callers Claim Chrisean Jr. Was Choking Blueface and Chrisean Rock have been swatted over and over again, and the calls simply will not stop happening.
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Alexander Cole 
Music AZ Chike Says Some L.A. Artists Did Not Capitalize On Their GNX Moment AZ Chike is trying to take full advantage of his opportunity.
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Tallie Spencer 
Music Drake Unveils Official Release Date For "FOMO" Album But There's A Catch Drake's "FOMO" livestream was a huge success, and this week, he will be releasing some of the songs on streaming platforms.
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Alexander Cole 
Music LUCKI & Playboi Carti Appear To Bury The Hatchet With Vague IG Story Post From the beginning, this seemed to all be a misunderstanding.
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Zachary Horvath 
Music Lil Durk Verdict: Judge Sympathizes With DJ Akademiks After Numerous Name-drops In Court Judge Michael W Fitzgerald found himself siding with DJ Akademiks on Wednesday as the jury entered deliberations for the Lil Durk case.
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Alexander Cole 
Music The Game Sues UMG Over Alleged Lack Of Promotion Leading To Poor Album Sales The Game is suing Universal Music Group and Virgin for allegedly neglecting their end of the agreed-upon marketing budget for "Drillmatic."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Drake Officially Releases "FOMO" In Its Entirety: Watch Here Days after the release of "FOMO," Drake has officially come through with the video on demand, which can be watched on YouTube.
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Alexander Cole 
Music Drake Hilariously Responds To Bizarre Diss Track From Canadian Artist Drake has been dissed before, but seldom do these disses come from fellow Canadian artists like The Dotted Line.
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Alexander Cole 
Music Doctor Claims Eazy-E Gave Two Of His Patients HIV/AIDS The doctor was featured on "The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E" and said the rapper's wife, who was pregnant when he died, is lucky she was negative.
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Erika Marie 
TV Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff’s Early Philly Years Are Coming To TV A new scripted series will revisit Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s rise from West Philadelphia before sitcom fame took over.
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Erika Marie