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Music "L&HHMia" Bobby Lytes Says He'd Be A Platinum Artist By Now If He Wasn't Gay Is his sexual orientation the only thing holding him back from platinum status? By Erika Marie April 29, 2019
Music Cardi B Asked Her Mother For A Special Prayer To Warn Off The “Dark Energy” Around Her Cardi B’s Am I The Drama includes guest appearances by Selena Gomez, Latto, Janet Jackson, and Megan Thee Stallion. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 27, 2025
Music Jay-Z Seeks To Strip Sexual Assault Accuser Of Anonymity In Defamation Case The Jane Doe in this situation who dropped her sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z asked the court to uphold her anonymity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 14, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Responds To Rumors Of A New J. Cole Album: "I Need Some Sleeping Material" Rumors are circulating that J. Cole might drop something this week, and as it turns out, DJ Akademiks really couldn't care less. By Alexander Cole January 07, 2026
Music HoneyKomb Brazy Sounds Off On Big Bank, Moneybag Yo & Finesse2tymes HoneyKomb Brazy and Finesse2tymes have had their ups and downs but MoneyBagg Yo and Big Bank are new adversaries for the rapper. By Zachary Horvath December 26, 2025
Music Offset Supports 21 Savage & Young Thug's "F**k The Streets" Message 21 Savage just hopped on a call with Quavo and Offset to promote unity after advising Young Thug to forgive Gunna. Will it actually happen? By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Joe Budden & Funk Flex React To Hot 97's New Hosts After Ebro's Departure It's unclear if these new Hot 97 hosts will take over Ebro's morning slot, but either way, Joe Budden and Funk Flex might have a lot to say. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Nelly & St. Lunatics To Drop Album Executive Produced By Metro Boomin Nelly and St. Lunatics (Ali) have been going back and forth in court, but the group is still coming back together for an exciting project. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Politics MAGA Supporters Let Cardi B Hear It After Threatening To Leave The U.S. Cardi B has been incredibly vocal about her disliking of the Trump administration, but her latest comments really set his supporters off. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Music Offset Takes A Personal Turn On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" has big albums for you from Offset, Earl Sweatshirt, and Ghostface Killah, plus another killer Joey Bada$$ single. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Hypes Up New Album By Cutting His Dreads Off Soulja Boy threw it back to the old days by getting a new haircut before "Draco Season," his new album dropping this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Claims Nobody Wants To Work With Kanye West After Offensive Tweets Azealia Banks has had a lot to say about Kanye West in recent days, along with his bizarre social media rants. By Caroline Fisher April 23, 2025