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Music Playboi Carti's "I AM MUSIC" Promised To Be The Biggest Debut Of 2025 Early reports show that Playboi Carti is set to be the biggest artist in hip-hop with his new album's streaming numbers top GNX & $$$4U. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 15, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Clears Instagram After "Streets Ready" Billboard Sightings Playboi Carti has been teasing fans for years, but it does seem like the rapper is actually gearing up for the release of his album. By Elias Andrews March 12, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Reflects On His Father After Hearing Meek Mill's "Proud Of Me" Verse Meek Mill's "Proud of Me" is quickly becoming Hip-Hop's "Verse of the Year 2025" after receiving rave reviews from fans and peers alike. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 09, 2025
Music Summer Walker Admits To Boyfriend, Rico Recklezz, She Has No Problem Buying Fake Sh*t Summer Walker's love don't cost a thing to Rico Recklezz, which proves how genuine their bond has become since becoming an item. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 09, 2025
Music T-Pain Credits Unexpected Rapper With Making Auto-Tune "Cool" T-Pain is the King of Auto-Tune, but he admitted that it took the efforts of other artists for his style to be embraced. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Ray J’s Ex Shila Hasanoff Speaks Out After Domestic Dispute, Says He Was "Not Violent" Toward Her By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
Music Ab-Soul Drops "Collard Greens" With J. Cole & Daylyt J. Cole and Daylyt unofficially dropped "A Plate Of Collard Greens" in September of 2024. Ab-Soul came through with his unofficial version. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Fans Debate Common Homages On New Songs Kendrick Lamar interpolated "The Light" on the new Baby Keem album, whereas J. Cole paid homage to Common on "The Fall-Off." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 20, 2026
Music F1LTHY Claims Playboi Carti Already Finished His New Album Playboi Carti himself has also dropped a lot of teases and hints about his new album "BABY BOI," so this is just one more indicator. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music What Is Fort Dix? Inside The Prison Diddy Wants To Call Home For The Next Four Years Diddy's team recently recommended that he be placed at FCI Fort Dix "to address drug abuse issues and to maximize family visitation." By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Drake & PartyNextDoor Reveal The Official Cover Art For "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Drake and PartyNextDoor are dropping a brand-new album on Valentine's Day and the excitement is starting to build. By Alexander Cole February 11, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Shows He Still Gets Love By Linking Up With Huge Crowd Of Fans Lil Tjay has plenty of individual beefs and controversies that send hate his way online, but all that changes once he actually steps outside. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 24, 2025