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Music Electric Zoo Music Festival Turns Into Chaos: What We Know The 2023 Electric Zoo Festival has turned out to be the most chaotic to date with cancelations, delays, and a stampede. Now, authorities are looking into what went wrong. By Tamara McCullough September 07, 2023
Music MF DOOM Collaborator Egon Blasts Lawsuit Claiming He Stole Rapper's Notebooks The Stones Throw affiliate claims that he actually saved these notebooks from destruction, and wants them preserved forever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2023
Music Brooklyn Public Library Decorated With Jay-Z Lyrics Jay-Z lyrics are suddenly covering the front of a Brooklyn library. By Lavender Alexandria July 13, 2023
Music Lil Nas X Reveals He Wrote And Directed His Next Music Video Fans are expecting big things from the rapper next year. By Lavender Alexandria December 29, 2023
Music BIA Hints At JID Feature On Her Upcoming Single "Lights Out" A collab between these two would be perfect for summer. By Elias Andrews May 29, 2024
Music Kid Cudi Reflects On Aging: "I'ma Be A Happy, Silly Dude 'Til I'm Old & Grey" Kid Cudi discussed his experience with aging after fans called out him for joking about the Grimace Shake. By Cole Blake July 03, 2023
Pop Culture Post Malone Drops $2M On One Of A Kind "Magic: The Gathering" Card Post Malone now has the precious. By Ben Mock August 02, 2023
Sports Team USA Uses Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" To Celebrate Beating Canada At The Olympics The victory marked Team USA's first olympic gold medal in hockey since the beating the Soviet Union back in 1980. By Cole Blake February 24, 2026
Music Lil Uzi Vert Hits The Studio With Birdman Amid "Barter 16" Rumors Even after allegedly turning in "Barter 16" Uzi is still in the studio. By Lavender Alexandria September 01, 2023
Music Barack Obama Reveals His Favorite Songs Of 2023 The former president's list had some typically eclectic picks. By Lavender Alexandria December 29, 2023
Music Wendy Williams Addressed Last Summer's Drug Relapse & Current Health Issues With The View Wendy Williams had a trendsetting career in hip-hop that spans decades before enduring serious health issues. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 15, 2025
Music SZA & Shaboozey Officially Debunk Dating Rumors SZA and Shaboozey were really driving rumors late last year after the country star shared an attention-grabbing Instagram dump. By Zachary Horvath February 05, 2026