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Music Lil Yachty Praises Young Thug's Character Lil Yachty takes a moment to praise Young Thug's character, sparking further appreciation for the YSL rapper. By Mitch Findlay May 06, 2021
Music Lil Kim Calls Nick Cannon "One Of My Best Friends," Reveals He's Her Manager Apparently, these two have been besties for almost two decades. By Erika Marie October 14, 2021
Music Drake & Future "Life Is Good" Producer D. Hill Has Passed Away: Report Multi-platinum award-winning producer D. Hill, best known for co-producing "Life Is Good" by Drake and Future, has reportedly died. By Alex Zidel October 14, 2021
Music Mike Dean Explains Why Kanye West Was On The Phone During "DONDA" Party Mike Dean explains the backstory of why Kanye West was yelling at his iPhone during Thursday's listening party for "DONDA." By Aron A. August 07, 2021
Sneakers Travis Scott Shouts Out Nike On Kanye West's Bully Album Travis Scott's verse on "Father" from Kanye West's newly released Bully album includes a direct Nike reference By Ben Atkinson March 28, 2026
Music Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium Tickets Are Already Reselling For Thousands Ticket queues for Jay-Z's two performances at Yankee Stadium reached as many as 800,000 fans on Monday morning. By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Says A$AP Rocky Admitted Rihanna Is The Root Of Drake Beef DJ Akademiks recently sat down with A$AP Rocky for an interview, and according to the personality, he was incredibly honest. By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Music Joe Budden Confronts DJ Akademiks For Not Defending Him Against Adin Ross Joe Budden took strong issue with Adin Ross' Doechii criticisms, and DJ Akademiks explained why he's not checking Ross' Budden disses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music The Joe Budden Podcast Predicts What Will Happen After Listening To Young Buck's Fat Joe Diss Young Buck dropped "CAPpuccino," a diss track/response to Fat Joe's claims that him and his crew beat him up years ago. By Zachary Horvath December 26, 2025
Music Drake Posts Threatening New Picture To Celebrate The Holidays If this is Drake's idea of warning the industry before his new album "ICEMAN" comes out, then it's a very merry Christmas for OVO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2025
Music Young Thug Wants To Do “First” Interview With Adin Ross, Asks Big Bank To Drop His Thug Interview Now Young Thug’s jail phone calls have sprung a major leak with the rapper commenting on the beef between Metro Boomin and Drake. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 06, 2025
Music Cam'ron Escalates Beef With Omar Gooding Through Elaborate Fake Movie Prank Cam'ron has been beefing with Omar Gooding ever since the actor took offense to some of his comments on "It Is What It Is." By Cole Blake August 12, 2025