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Music Drake Takes The iPhone's 8-Ball Pool Game Way Too Seriously In Viral Video The viral clip comes as Drake is traveling across Europe on his "Some Special Shows 4 U" tour with PartyNextDoor. By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music Drake Seeks Lucian Grainge's Emails And Texts About Release Of "Not Like Us" In Newest Filing Drake's lawyers recently made a large-scale legal filing in which they motioned for documents from Lucian Grainge himself. By Devin Morton August 13, 2025
Music Young Thug Claps Back At Fan Trolling Him For Mourning Lil Keed Young Thug recently took to Twitter to express sadness over the death of Lil Keed, who was on Thug's YSL label. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Says Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Made Him Realize He's Ahead Of The Game NBA YoungBoy dropped his ninth studio album, "Slime Cry," back in January, featuring Burna Boy and Jelly Roll. By Cole Blake March 02, 2026
Music Ja Rule Reflects On Viral Airplane Confrontation With Uncle Murda & Tony Yayo During a recent appearance on the "TODAY" show, Ja Rule said that he has a responsibility to set a good example. By Caroline Fisher February 17, 2026
Music 1090 Jake Breaks Down Why Young Thug Didn't Actually Snitch On Peewee Roscoe 1090 Jake's video on Young Thug comes as the rapper is gearing up to release his new album, "UY Scuti," on Friday. By Cole Blake September 25, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Addresses Sexual Assault Trial's Verdict & Young Thug's Visit Metro Boomin was cleared by a jury this week after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting and impregnating her in 2016. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2025
Music Kanye West Labels Sexual Assault Lawsuit An Attack On His Free Speech Jenn An's sexual assault case against Kanye West is just one of many lawsuits the rapper has been battling as of late. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Relationships A$AP Rocky Still Won't Reveal If He's Rihanna's Husband Or Not A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have grown a lot as a couple since they launched their relationship in 2020, but he's sending an interesting signal. By Zachary Horvath September 23, 2025
Music Cardi B Claps Back At Joe Budden For Saying She Doesn't Write Her Raps Joe Budden and his podcast cohosts were reacting to Cardi B's disses towards JT on her new album, "Am I The Drama?" By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2025
Music Young Thug & Cardi B Go Back And Forth Amid "UY SCUTI" Delays Young Thug was going to drop "UY SCUTI" this Friday, September 19 alongside new projects from Cardi B and Destroy Lonely. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Cancels New Zealand Concert After Promoter's Sexual Assault Conviction Despite the move, Snoop Dogg is still scheduled to perform during the 2025 AFL Grand Final in Australia, later this month. By Cole Blake September 17, 2025