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Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Smash Yet Another Record Thanks To “Luther” Kendrick Lamar and SZA's track "Luther" has become the longest-running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's GNX Toronto Show Sees Spike In Ticket Sells As Drake & Kai Cenat Postpone Livestream Kendrick Lamar won several BET Awards this week, including Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for GNX. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Viral Drake Gives Advice To Hopeful Directors Submitting Kai Cenat Music Video Ideas Kai Cenat will direct the next Drake music video, for which fans can submit treatments right now. Before doing so, Drizzy has game to share. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Called Out By Jewish Rights Organization For "Heil Hitler" Single Streaming services also took aim at Kanye West's "Heil Hitler" track, taking it down from their platforms almost immediately upon release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music LGP Qua Shot & Killed In Philadelphia: What We Know So Far LGP Qua passed away on Mother's Day after a reported attempted robbery. By Aron A. May 12, 2025
Relationships Young Thug's Latest Snippet Makes A Bold Promise To Mariah The Scientist Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist have been together for a few years at this point and now, they have songs about one another. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy & DJ Khaled Announce Surprise Joint Mixtape "DESHAWN" Dropping This Week NBA YoungBoy just left off "Make America Slime Again" at the end of July to solid commercial success and another top 10 debut. By Zachary Horvath August 11, 2025
Sports LeBron James Shows Love To Gunna's New Album "The Last Wun" On X LeBron James is a longtime fan of Gunna, and he is feeling the Atlanta rapper's YSL finale, "The Last Wun." By Devin Morton August 10, 2025
Music Al B. Sure's Book Put On Hold By Publisher Simon & Schuster Al B. Sure and Kim Porter, Diddy’s Ex-Girlfriend, were married from 1989 until 1991. They share a son together, the actor and recording artist Quincy. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 07, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Breaks Mind-Blowing Billboard Record With "MASA" NBA YoungBoy has achieved something literally no other rapper has done before on the Billboard 200 albums chart. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Charleston White Mocks Boosie Badazz After Rapper Accepts Plea Deal In Gun Case Recently, Boosie Badazz announced that he decided to accept a plea deal in his federal gun case, prompting a response from one of his foes. By Caroline Fisher August 12, 2025
Music Yungeen Ace Tries To Stop His Mom From Dissing Foolio Foolio and Yungeen Ace engaged in heavy beef for a couple of years before the former's tragic murder last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025