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Music Future Hilariously Pretends To Be An AI Model In Order To Avoid Interacting With Fans Future just became one of the first rappers to surpass 2 billion Spotify streams in 2025, so maybe he's on too high of a horse right now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
Music Kanye West & DJ Akademiks Discuss Their Interview And Ak Explains How It Happened DJ Akademiks previously told rappers who got dragged in this upcoming interview to take it up with Kanye West, not with him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Reveals She's Preparing An Album Entirely Produced By The Alchemist The highly-anticipated project will be Erykah Badu's first studio album in 15 years. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Eminem's Ex-Employee Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Leaking Unreleased Music The news comes after Eminem suffered a massive leak of unreleased songs from throughout his career, earlier this year. By Cole Blake March 19, 2025
Music Cassie Joins Playboi Carti In Telling Kanye West To "STFU" After His Diddy Extortion Claims Kanye West's thoughts have been running wild on Twitter and Cassie has had just about enough of his outlandish outrage. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Travis Scott Promises Fans His Upcoming "Secret" Album Is "Crazy" Travis Scott has been crushing it outside of the music world, but now he's getting back to what he's best known for. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Halftime Show Contributes To Record High Super Bowl Ratings The rapper is truly having a moment. By Elias Andrews February 11, 2025
Music Travis Scott Wants To Announce His Next Album Title But Fears "People Aren't Going To Understand It" La Flame isn't ready to let the cat out of the bag just yet, but he does have some wild collaborations he's envisioning. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals The Inspiration For His New Album "Bully" Kanye West says his son, Saint, played a key role. By Cole Blake February 06, 2025
Music LiAngelo Ball Gets "Legend" Lil Wayne To Hop On Remix Of "Tweaker" The highly-anticipated remix will be dropping at midnight. By Cole Blake February 06, 2025
Music TI & Tiny Harris Awarded Full $71 Million Lawsuit Payout Despite Reconsideration From Judge TI and Tiny Harris are celebrating their victory. By Cole Blake February 04, 2025
Music Hernandez Govan Claims Pooh Shiesty Has Been In Jail For Several Days Pooh Shiesty and his crew are accused of kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane and several other people at gunpoint. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026