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Music 7 Albums Apple Music Missed On Its 100 Best Albums List Ironically, these snubbed albums greatly influenced some of the artists that ended up on the list. By Demi Phillips May 24, 2024
Music Baka Not Nice Seemingly Addresses Kendrick Lamar's "Weird Case" Diss In Cryptic Statement Baka Not Nice says paperwork can't lie. By Cole Blake May 19, 2024
Music Ice Spice Claims There Was Never Any Real Beef With Latto Latto and Ice Spice either leaned into animosity for the sake of clicks or their fanbases pitted them against each other without their will. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Will Not Go To Prison Over His Federal Gun Case Boosie Badazz reportedly received a sentence of time served, a $50,000 fine, and 300 hours of community service. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Tay Keith's Family Honors Late Producer's Legacy In Statement Tay Keith, real name BryTavious Chambers, tragically passed away earlier this week at the age of 29 in Tennessee. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Has An Unfortunate Update On "Slime Cry" Album NBA YoungBoy first announced that this project was in the works in October. However, it's continuing to hit some speed bumps. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music What Happened To Dr Dre & Kendrick Lamar's "The Recipe" Music Video? "The Recipe," which wound up being a bonus cut, was the first promotional single for Kendrick Lamar's classic "good kid, m.A.A.d city." By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Madlib Shares Fundraising Campaign After Losing His Home Due To L.A. Wildfires An organization founded by his manager will help his family rebuild through donations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 13, 2025
Music Boldy James Explains Why Amanda Seales Thinks He Owes Her Money Amanda Seales had previously called Boldy James out during her interview with Shannon Sharpe from April of last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Challenges "Dumb" Meek Mill To $10 Million Spelling Bee You know these two have it out for each other. By Elias Andrews February 24, 2025
Music Drake Reveals The Original Tracklist For "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" With PARTYNEXTDOOR Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" remains a top five album on the Billboard 200 albums chart in its second week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Music Birdman Reportedly Organizing Cash Money Reunion With Or Without Lil Wayne The show must go on. By hnhh December 17, 2016