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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
Politics Nicki Minaj Calls JD Vance An "Assassin" In Front Of Charlie Kirk's Widow Erika Nicki Minaj recently spoke with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest this Sunday. Erika's husband Charlie Kirk was killed this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Music Young Thug Proclaims "F**k The Streets" In Response To 21 Savage Amid Young Thug, 21 Savage, and other Atlanta rappers squashing beef, fans are still wondering if Gunna and others are part of the plan. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Finally Unveils Cover Art & Pre-Save Links For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky is dropping "Don't Be Dumb" in due time, and it appears as though Tim Burton helped him with his cover art. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Posts Video Of Himself Partying With Maino As Feud Intensifies DJ Akademiks and Maino have been trading shots over the last week following Ak's jokes about Fabolous' fashion choices. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Scorched Earth On Mona From "The Joe Budden Podcast" Mona recently trolled DJ Akademiks on "The Joe Budden Podcast" while discussing his recent back-and-forth with Maino and Fabolous. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Streetwear Kanye West Drops New Black Friday Yeezy Items For $100 Or Less Amid Kanye West's apologies and acceptances of accountability, he's still working hard on giving Yeezy customers new pieces. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Receives High Honor From Apple Music To Cap Off His Historic 2025 You can easily argue that no other rapper has had a bigger 2025 than Tyler The Creator and Apple Music feels that way given this award. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Jay-Z & Beyonce Sneak Into Kris Jenner's Extravagant Birthday Party Kris Jenner hosted a 007-themed party with a star-studded list of attendees for her 70th birthday on Saturday. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Has No Sympathy For J. Cole's Explanation Of Kendrick Lamar Apology DJ Akademiks has been very critical of J. Cole in the past, especially in regards to his apology to Kendrick Lamar amid the Drake beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Baby Keem Says "Ca$ino" Is His First Album With "Meaning" Baby Keem really opened up on "Ca$ino" and it seems that was the whole point of it after giving glimpses of who he is earlier on. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2026
Music Mystikal Pleads Guilty To Rape: Everything We Know Mystikal will return to the courtroom for his sentencing hearing in June, where he will face up to 20 years in prison. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026