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Music Lil Baby Lights Up The Atlanta Sky With Promo Drones For New Album "WHAM" Baby is prepping his run in both big and small ways. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2025
Music Kanye West Proclaims "The Last Of Us Part 2" The "Best Game Ever Made" Kanye West has found a new favorite video game. By Cole Blake January 02, 2025
Music D Savage Seems To Diss Playboi Carti During Summer Smash Set Ken Carson clashed with Don Toliver after their Summer Smash performances, and D Savage and Playboi Carti are up next on Opium's beef watch. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Rolling Loud Announces India Debut In Mumbai Rolling Loud India will be exclusively ticketed and produced in partnership with District by Zomato, with dates and a venue to be announced. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Drake Quietly Throws His Support Behind Nicki Minaj Amidst JAY-Z Feud Young Money is still tight. By Elias Andrews September 10, 2024
Music Diddy Sentenced To Over Four Years In Prison All eyes were on the courtroom today as hip-hop mogul Diddy was officially sentenced following his transportation conviction. By Alexander Cole October 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections For "UY SCUTI" Young Thug's "UY SCUTI" dropped this past Friday, September 26, with who's who of features. But it's trending in the wrong direction. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sells Out Massive Mexico City Stadium On “Grand National” Tour Earlier this week, Kendrick Lamar kicked off the South American leg of his "Grand National" tour alongside CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Pop Culture Drake Gifts Adin Ross 2,000 Subs Following Ross's Twitch Return Adin Ross returned to Twitch on Monday and Drake was right there to welcome him back after two years off the platform. By Devin Morton September 24, 2025
Music Who Is YBC Dul? The Notorious Philly Rapper Who Was Fatally Shot In Broad Day YBC Dul was shot and killed last week in Philadelphia. By Axl Banks August 28, 2024
Politics 50 Cent Mocks Jussie Smollett As Legendary Rapper Takes Heat Over Upcoming MAGA Club Performance 50 Cent is set to perform for MAGA this weekend, but first, he is going after Jussie Smollett, who took to the stage this weekend. By Alexander Cole June 29, 2026
Music Kanye West Drops $400K On Masquerade Birthday Bash In France Kanye West, his wife Bianca Censori, and their friends celebrated Ye's 49th birthday at the Château de Versailles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026