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Sports Terence Crawford Admits He Once Wanted To “Choke” Trey Songz Over A Bet According to Terence Crawford, 50 Cent intervened before his tense encounter with Trey Songz got out of hand. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Ex, Nitty Scott, Claims Drake Came Looking For Dirt At The Height Of Their Beef Nitty Scott's comments come after Kendrick Lamar and SZA kicked off their co-headlining tour, last weekend. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music Ken Carson Sits At The Top Of The Charts As "More Chaos" Debuts At #1 On Billboard 200 Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely promised a highly-anticipated joint album on the way. A recent update revealed the album in the works. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 20, 2025
Music SZA Launches "No Beauty" Cosmetics Ahead Of Kendrick Lamar's The Grand National Tour SZA and Kendrick Lamar's "luther" has held the top spot on the Billboard charts for 8 weeks in a row. Their tour begins this week. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Politics Kanye West Labels Donald Trump The GOAT For His Latest Wild Idea Kanye West's latest post about Donald Trump comes after he recalled Frank Ocean warning him against supporting the president in 2016. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music North Carolina Officials Reveal Dreamville Fest Will Come Back Under A New Banner Raleigh City Manager Marchell Adams-David also assured fans that J. Cole and the team will be a big part of this evolution of Dreamville Fest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Gives DJ Akademiks "White Lives Matter" Tee While Wearing A Klan Outfit & Diddy's Clothes In 2005, Kanye West made the infamous statement during a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser: "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 31, 2025
Music Lil Xan Enters Not Guilty Plea Over Allegedly Assaulting A Fan At His Concert Lil Xan reportedly kicked a concertgoer in the face and threw his microphone at him for allegedly trying to grab his crotch. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2025
Music "Go And Up Your Rank": UCLA Confirms Kendrick Lamar Took Classes In 2022 To "Level Up" His Pen UCLA's very proud to call Kendrick Lamar an alumnus, and fans think that these Psychology classes may have something to do with "Mr. Morale." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2025
Music Meek Mill Calls Ne-Yo's Polyamorous Life "Crazy" & "Don't Approve" After Singer Seen Kissing Partners Meek Mill speaks on Ne-Yo's new lifestyle. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 23, 2025
Music Playboi Carti "I AM MUSIC" Billboard Makes An Appearance With An Exciting Message Carti has claimed to be focused on the task at hand, but will he pull through? By Zachary Horvath February 17, 2025
Music Fat Joe Reveals How Ruff Ryders Saved Him From Man With Machine Gun According to Fat Joe, he was attending the Grammys with Big Pun one year when their Los Angeles visit took a frightening turn. By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025