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Music Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." Surpasses 10 Billion Spotify Streams Kendrick Lamar's most streamed album on Spotify joined an elite class of six other hip-hop-adjacent LPs on the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 11, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Celebrates Release From Jail After Prosecutors Reject Gun Charge Earlier this week, Soulja Boy was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a traffic stop in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's "MASA" First Week Sales Are Officially In NBA YoungBoy just cinched yet another top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart, rising his record to a historic 16th. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 03, 2025
Music Joe Budden Implies Drake Told Metro Boomin To Get Over The Death Of His Mother Fans now think Metro Boomin had good reason to be upset with Drake. By Cole Blake November 27, 2024
Music Boosie Badazz's Son Tootie Raww Was Arrested, But Not Because Of Charleston White Charleston White previously and gleefully claimed that he was the one who got Tootie Raww arrested amid his beef with Boosie Badazz. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Remembers Wanting Jay-Z To Manage Him Not Sign Him Before Joining Roc Nation Joey Bada$$ issued another challenge to the West Coast in his latest freestyle with Red Bull that includes Big Sean and Ab-Soul. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Music Beyonce Brings Out Her Mom Tina Knowles During Tour To Celebrate Her New Book's Success Beyonce and Tina Knowles also took the stage with the former's daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi during the "COWBOY CARTER" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Scorched Earth On DJ Hed For His Kendrick Lamar Drake Debate With Mal DJ Akademiks and Mal may give Kendrick Lamar a lot of props in the Drake beef, but Ak's praise doesn't extend to pro-K.Dot fans like DJ Hed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Confirms "Donda 2" Was Taken Down Because Producers Are Now Coming After Him Until Wednesday, Kanye West's 2022 "Donda" sequel was only available for fans through the Stem Player. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Release Photos Of His Alleged “Freak-Off” Supplies Amid Trial The judge overseeing Diddy's case, Judge Arun Subramanian, will hold a charge conference tomorrow with summations the following day. By Caroline Fisher June 24, 2025
Music Kanye West & Bianca Censori Reportedly Staying At $170K Per Week Mental Health Clinic In Spain Kanye West made an appearance at the Diddy Trial late last week, and now, we know why he has mostly been staying in Spain as of late. By Alexander Cole June 18, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Will Officially Appear On Clipse's New Album "Let God Sort Em Out" Pusha T and No Malice told GQ that Kendrick Lamar handed his feature verse for Clipse's new album a while ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025