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Music Chris Brown Expected To Enter Plea Deal For Alleged UK Assault Chris Brown will remain in custody in the UK until his next hearing for this alleged 2023 assault which will be on June 13. By Zachary Horvath May 19, 2025
Numbers Kanye West Sees Massive Jump In Spotify Numbers Amidst "Donda 2" and "Jeen-yuhs" Hype, Most Streamed Artist 2 Days In A Row "Yeezy Season approaching!" By Taiyo Coates February 27, 2022
Music A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's "Hoodie SZN" Is Lowest-Selling Album To Ever Hit No. 1 A Boogie wit da Hoodie sold just 823 physical copies of his newest album. By Alex Zidel January 15, 2019
Music The Weeknd & Selena Gomez Split Up No more cute spottings. By Chantilly Post October 30, 2017
Music Fat Joe's Passionate Verzuz Narration Sparks Twitter Trend Fat Joe's Verzuz recap, delivered with the passion of Planet Earth narrator David Attenborough, solidifies him as a hip-hop treasure. By Mitch Findlay August 05, 2021
Music Ice Cube Reveals Tracklist For Comeback Album Dropping "Next Friday" Ice Cube's "Everythang's Corrupt" gets a new release date, and a shiny tracklist to go with it. By Devin Ch November 30, 2018
Music Offset's Father Reportedly Rips Into Cardi B: "Hot Headed Female" Offset's dad shares his family drama online. By Alex Zidel December 18, 2018
Music The Game Announces "Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind" Release Date & Cover Art After several delays, The Game sets an August release date for his highly anticipated album, "Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind." By Aron A. July 15, 2022
Music Tinashe & Bebe Rexha Also Accuse Detail Of Sexual Misconduct More female artists are accusing Detail of sexual misconduct. By Aron A. May 11, 2018
Music Drake Announces Release Date For "ICEMAN" Episode 3 Drake's second "ICEMAN" livestream premiered at the end of July. After it ended, he released the second single "Which One." By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025
Music Drake Drops Full "ICEMAN" Zine With Dr. Dre, DJ Khaled, And More Teases Drake released a full batch of "ICEMAN" promotional pictures, including possible references to 2024's rap battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2026
Music YG Returns To "Breakfast Club" & Complains About Fake Nipsey Hussle Love YG also revealed what he will be naming his unborn daughter. By Alex Zidel May 30, 2019