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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 Drake's "Marvin's Room" Reaches RIAA's Diamond Eligibility, His 16th Song To Do So Drake's "Marvin's Room" included a voicemail from a former friend of the rap star that would actually file a lawsuit over the song. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 07, 2025
Music YSL Woody Is Expecting A Child After Accident & Young Thug Drama Lil Woody was a big part of the YSL RICO trial as the state's prime witness, and he's dealing with more fallout than the Young Thug's scandal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Joe Budden Claims Young Thug's "Stock Has Plummeted" Since His Release From Prison Joe Budden spoke a bit before Young Thug's current snitching scandal really began, but his words still apply to his general situation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2025
Music Fan Sings Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" For Drake As He Leaves Copenhagen Hotel Drake was in Copenhagen to perform alongside PartyNextDoor on their ongoing "Some Special Shows 4 U" tour. By Cole Blake August 26, 2025
Music Drake Disses Journalist Rob Markman With Resurfaced Clip of Tory Lanez Rapping Lil Wayne During Drake and Kendrick Lamar's rap battle, Rob Markman revealed being contacted to be paid for a certain review of Drake track. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 24, 2025
Music Offset Claims Cardi B Never Cooked For Him In New Breakup Song According to Offset, the closing track of his new album is about moving on from a relationship "peacefully." By Caroline Fisher August 22, 2025
Music Taylor Swift Praises Diddy As An Ideal Prom Date In Resurfaced Viral Interview Clip The clip is resurfacing after Taylor Swift announced that she's dropping her next album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on October 3rd. By Cole Blake August 14, 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
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 G Herbo Achieves His First Solo Platinum Plaque With "Went Legit" G Herbo's last month or so has been very exciting and good things are continuing to come his way with this RIAA certification. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Politics Ted Nugent Blasts "Total Idiot" Eminem For Hating Donald Trump Eminem has been extremely critical of President Donald Trump since he originally ran for office back in 2016. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026