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Music Drake's "Passionfruit" Producer Nana Rogues Talks How The Beat Was Made Drake's hit single "Passionfruit" gets a production backstory. By Matt F December 03, 2017
Music Will Smith Admits To Biting Rakim's Style On "Summertime" Will Smith says he "absolutely" tried to sound like Rakim on his and DJ Jazzy Jeff's "Summertime." By Cole Blake December 17, 2023
Sports Cam'ron Dresses Like OJ Simpson For Fourth Of July Celebration Cam went all out. By Elias Andrews July 05, 2024
Music Drake's "Scary Hours" Mixtapes, Ranked In light of his latest release, we are ranking the "Scary Hours" projects. By Wyatt Westlake November 24, 2023
Music Who Is D4vd? Everything We Currently Know About The Singer Amid Ongoing Investigation Amid the ongoing investigation into a dead body recovered from his Tesla, this is everything we know about the singer D4vd so far. By Devin Morton September 19, 2025
Music YSL Woody Goes After Peewee Roscoe Amid Young Thug Controversy Peewee Roscoe defended Young Thug after audio of Thug mentioning Peewee in a police interrogation surfaced online, and YSL Woody's not happy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music Lil Durk Claims He's Spent Four Months In Solitary Confinement, Friends Have Left Him Behind Lil Durk has been behind bars since 2024, when he was arrested for allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot. By Cole Blake January 07, 2026
Music Drake Co-Signs A Beloved Underground Rapper Amid "ICEMAN" Rollout Drake is notoriously known for jumping on trending artists, but this co-sign has to feel good for this rapper. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Music DDG Claims To See Son Less Than Nanny After Halle Bailey Break Up DDG and Halle Bailey have tried to present a very wholesome image despite their separation, but the former decided to get real with fans. By Elias Andrews March 08, 2025
Music MIKE Concertgoers Get Bashed Mercilessly For Playing Chess During His Show Fans of MIKE couldn't believe their eyes after witnessing this truly one-of-a-kind moment and they took the time to unleash on them. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Breaks Yet Another Drake Spotify Streaming Record With "Not Like Us" Wasn't he not supposed to creep up, numbers-wise? By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2024
Music YesJulz Leaks Kanye West Texts That Reveal Milo Yiannopoulos Allegedly Lied About His Resignation YesJulz wants to set the record straight. By Alexander Cole May 16, 2024