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Music Playboi Carti Reportedly Wants To Drop Again Shortly After “I AM MUSIC” Release During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks shared some exciting details about Playboi Carti's upcoming album, "I AM MUSIC." By Caroline Fisher March 13, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Thinks Drake's Neighborhood's Shooting Could've Been Much Worse Boosie had an important question for fans who are too obsessed with the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud, and with rap-related conflict in general. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Rolls Out Physical Copy Pre-Orders For "GNX" These are sure to sell out fairly quickly. By Zachary Horvath November 25, 2024
Music "The Breakfast Club" Debates Whether Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Ruined Drake's Image Drake is currently performing on tour in Australia and New Zealand. By Cole Blake February 19, 2025
Music Ja Rule Turns The Tables On DJ Envy Over Fyre Festival In Person Ja Rule's beef with 50 Cent spans the early 2000s. DJ Envy and 50 Cent's friendship spans to the 90s with both residing in Queens. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 12, 2025
Relationships Kanye West Shields Bianca Censori From Press As She Rocks Revealing Outfit To Lunch Date Kanye West didn't want the press getting a look at Bianca Censori. By Cole Blake July 23, 2024
Politics Chingy Assures He's Not "Down Bad" & Drops Out Of Donald Trump's LGBT Event After Immense Backlash Fans had theorized that Chingy was desperate for money. By Cole Blake September 23, 2024
Music Diddy Hit With Racketeering, Sex Trafficking, & Kidnapping Charges Diddy has officially been indicted. By Alexander Cole September 17, 2024
Music Drake Edges Out Kendrick Lamar On Billboard With "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Second Week Sales Now that Kendrick Lamar and Drake's newest albums are both charting on the Billboard 200 albums chart post-debuts, fans are keeping score. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Relationships DJ Envy Reveals What Cardi B And Offset Need To Do To Save Their Relationship DJ Envy has an idea. By Alexander Cole August 02, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Shatter Record For Highest-Grossing Hip-Hop Tour Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour has reportedly raked in more than $332.1 million since April. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Women Suing Top Dawg Entertainment Can Proceed With Doxxing Allegations In January, two anonymous women filed a lawsuit against Top Dawg Entertainment for alleged sexual harassment, assault, and more. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025