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Music Drake Notches An Incredible Streaming Stat After Becoming The Most Streamed Rapper For September The OVO boss remains on top. By Zachary Horvath October 07, 2024
Music Lil Durk Hit With New Obstacle In Murder-For-Hire Case As Feds Seize His Unreleased Music Lil Durk has been behind bars since last October when authorities arrested him for an alleged murder-for-hire plot. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Takes The High Road As Megan Thee Stallion Struggles To Chart With "Whenever" DJ Akademiks argued that Megan Thee Stallion isn't in the same tier as Cardi B, Doja Cat, and Nicki Minaj. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music TDE's Punch Shares His Perspective On How Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Began While TDE president Punch could've mentioned other inflection points, the tension between Drake and Kendrick Lamar comes down to a few bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Out Serena Williams For Backpedaling On Drake Beef After Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Serena Williams said she's "never had negative feelings" towards Drake after dancing to "Not Like Us" at the Super Bowl. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Officially Puts "MUSIC" Back At Number One On The Billboard 200 Chart This is the fourth tracking week for Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC" on the Billboard 200, and its third as a chart-topper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Keri Hilson Alleges She Was Forced To Diss Beyonce In Song She Didn’t Write During a recent appearance on "The Breakfast Club," Keri Hilson opened up about her infamous "Turnin' Me On (Remix)." By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music Childish Gambino Cancels Tour Over Health Issue Requiring Surgery Fans are wishing Childish Gambino a speedy recovery. By Caroline Fisher October 04, 2024
Sports Toosii Discusses Shaq Infamously Entering His Girlfriend's DMs Toosii speaks about the one-sided feud he had with Shaquille O'Neal earlier this spring. By Devin Morton October 04, 2024
Music Ralo & Kenny Muney Bury The Hatchet After Explosive Young Dolph Argument This is "grown man business." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2024
Music Joe Budden Celebrates The Rumored Cancelation Of Lil Yachty's Podcast The podcaster was ecstatic. By Elias Andrews October 03, 2024
Music DJ Hed Checks Tommy Richman After He Tweets He's "Not A Hip-Hop Artist" And so, the culture vulture debate floodgates opened... And closed after some back-and-forth tweets. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2024