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Streetwear Ice Spice Emulates Nicki Minaj By Chopping Her Hair & Switching Up Her Flow In New Snippet Fans couldn't help but see the spirit of Nicki Minaj in Ice Spice's current form. Some say it as a compliment, and others as a criticism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 17, 2024
Music Kanye West "Performs" At Japanese Pro Wrestling Event What constitutes a "performance" these days is being stretched extremely thin... fans didn't even have the luxury of a listening party. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 17, 2024
Music Elliott Wilson Makes It Crystal Clear He Never Snitched On Drake During Kendrick Lamar Battle He expanded after being claimed he was sent a rat emoji. By Lavender Alexandria June 13, 2024
Music Funk Flex Disses Tommy Richman And Calls His Fans "Clowns" He doesn't hold anything back in the rant against the new hit. By Lavender Alexandria June 10, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Inspires Stripper To Crip-Walk Onstage In Viral Clip She a fan, she a fan, she a fan. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Seems To Promise More New Music On The Way In Social Media Message From Prison Tory Lanez just dropped his new album "PETERSON," which he recorded in prison and conceptualized around his incarceration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Ashanti Says "Never Say Never" When Explaining Rekindling Romance With Husband Nelly Ashanti and Nelly first met in 2003 at the Grammy Awards press conference where Nelly announced Ashanti's R&B nomination for "Foolish." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Is Finally Back On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" boasts a short but satisfying update this week thanks to new music from Playboi Carti, Freddie Gibbs, and Key Glock. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Spotify Addresses Snoop Dogg’s Claim He Only Made $45K Off A Billion Streams Recently, Spotify issued a response to Snoop Dogg's claim that he only made $45K off of a billion streams. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025
Music "The Breakfast Club" Debates Whether Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Ruined Drake's Image Drake is currently performing on tour in Australia and New Zealand. By Cole Blake February 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims To Know Which Record Label Will Release Drake's Next Album Drizzy's lawsuit against UMG means that they might not want to work together right now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2025
Music XXXTentacion’s Killer Argues He's Not An "Evil Person" XXXTentacion's killer says he's "not sorry." By Cole Blake October 05, 2024