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Music Foolio Murder Suspect Promises To “Be Home Soon” Despite Arrest Social media users are confused. By Caroline Fisher August 08, 2024
Music Travis Scott Plays New Drake Song During DJ Set Despite Beef Rumors Maybe they're cool again? By Elias Andrews August 06, 2024
Music Young Thug’s Dad Reaffirms Gunna Support With Appearance In “One Of Wun” Video Young Thug's dad is still cool with Gunna, despite what critics have to say about it. By Caroline Fisher August 03, 2024
Music 600Breezy Reveals How Dropping "Don't Get Smoked" Changed His Life Breezy had to move different after the diss track dropped. By Lavender Alexandria December 25, 2023
Music Jay Rock Says TDE Compilation Is Coming Soon With Most Of Black Hippy Although it seems like either Jay Rock himself, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, or Kendrick Lamar won't make it, this is still very exciting news. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 24, 2023
Music Lizzo Praises SZA While Saying She Doesn't Have Many Industry Friends Just because you see Lizzo outside with a another celebrity doesn't mean they're friends in real life...except for SZA. By Erika Marie May 22, 2026
Music Timbaland Calls Today's Music "Bland" & "Boring" Due To No "Well-Known Artists," But AI Is Beautiful Timbaland has created hit songs for Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Aalilyah, Petey Pablo, and more. He influenced Kanye West. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 22, 2025
Politics "FDT!" YG Brings Out Donald Trump Impersonator To Clown On Him At Rolling Loud Los Angeles YG is having a pretty good 2025 so far, as authorities recently dropped his DUI charge due to insufficient evidence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 16, 2025
Music Drake's Team Requests Holiday Break In "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Appeal Drake's legal action over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track has been one of the most controversial parts of their beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Relationships DDG Jokingly Tells Cameraman Not To Show Him After Drake Asks Crowd About "F***ed Up" Exes DDG and his cameraman shared a brief exchange after Drake asked the crowd about their "f***ed up" ex-partners. By Devin Morton July 13, 2025
Music Kodak Black Announces New Album "Pistols & Pearls" For May 2023 Release Kodak Black has announced his next LP. By Caroline Fisher May 19, 2023
Music Lil Durk Says J. Cole Feature "Went Crazy" Despite Not Being Into Lyrical Rap Durk said that he had to listen to Cole's verse "like four times" to catch its excellence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2023