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Music Questlove Confirms A Posthumous D’Angelo Album Is On The Way There’s a posthumous D’Angelo project officially in the pipeline. By Tallie Spencer November 14, 2025
Music Nelly Refutes T-Pain’s “Low” Story, Claims He Never Heard The Classic Before Flo-Rida The hook of Flo-Rida & T-Pain’s classic, “Low,” references Nelly’s legendary Apple Bottom jeans, launched in the early 2000s. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 21, 2025
Music Cardi B Dismissively Responds To Offset's Apology Track "Move On" Offset, despite having some bitter words for Cardi B and her new man, Stefon Diggs, he tried to end things peacefully on "Move On." By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Cardi B Confirms Her Pregnancy Won't Impact "Little Miss Drama" Tour Cardi B revealed that she and New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs are expecting their first child together. By Cole Blake September 17, 2025
Music La Roux Backs Alleged Victim In Kanye West's "Horrific" Sexual Assault Case Kanye West and his legal team have countered the lawsuit by citing the rapper's First Amendment right to free speech. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Music J. Cole Reveals The Release Date For "The Fall Off" With Gorgeous Teaser Trailer J. Cole has been teasing "The Fall Off" for years, and today, the artist came through with the album's official release date. By Alexander Cole January 14, 2026
Music R. Kelly Under Fire As Prison Music Begins To Get Industry Push R Kelly has faced a lot of backlash from the public but some are hoping for a musical return and that has many folks angry. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music 50 Cent Joins Cam’ron In Taunting Jim Jones With “No Heat” Jokes Jim Jones recently accused Cam'ron and the rest of his crew of being "soft" on Instagram, prompting him to fire back. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Music Lil Durk's Murder-For-Hire Trial Delayed Once Again Authorities have accused Lil Durk of allegedly orchestrating the attempted murder of Quando Rondo back in 2022. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Rug Pulls His Fans With "Punk Rocky" Video Release: "Shut The F*ck Up" A$AP Rocky was supposed to drop the music video for "Punk Rocky" on Monday, but in the end, fans got completely rugpulled. By Alexander Cole January 05, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Responds After Being Compared To Jeffrey Epstein 6ix9ine is set to return to jail next week, and during a stream with Adin Ross, he spoke about what it's going to be like for three months. By Alexander Cole December 31, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims He Has The Release Date For Drake's "ICEMAN" Drake has been teasing "ICEMAN" for months and months now, and the hype from DJ Akademiks and the wider OVO fanbase is reaching peak levels. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026