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Music JayDaYoungan’s Mother Recalls His Devastating Last Words After Shooting In July of 2022, JayDaYoungan was shot and killed outside of his Louisiana home after reportedly being ambushed by five gunmen. By Caroline Fisher March 07, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals Dave Blunts Wrote The Entirety Of His New Album, “Cuck” Kanye West has already been making headlines for his lyrics from the first song off the upcoming project, "Cousins." By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Original Content 17 More Rap Songs That Blew Up On TikTok Since our last breakdown of 17 essential TikTok hits, a new wave of artists and viral songs have emerged, so here are 17 more rap songs that blew up on the fan-favorite social media platform. By Joshua Robinson April 04, 2022
Music Top Dawg Entertainment Announces Its Newest Artist Trap Dickey previously appeared at the 12th Annual TDE Christmas Concert and Toy Drive in Los Angeles in December. By Cole Blake March 17, 2026
Music Kanye West Claims He Finally Wants To Drop “YANDHI” Social media users have mixed feelings about Kanye West claiming he wants to drop "YANDHI" several years later. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Numbers J.I.D Celebrates Collection Of Gold & Platinum Plaques J.I.D takes a moment to reflect on his impressive collection of gold and platinum plaques. By Mitch Findlay July 28, 2020
Original Content Top 25 Best Wiz Khalifa Songs of All Time Wiz Khalifa's got hits on hits. By Devon Jefferson September 11, 2017
Music DJ Akademiks Unpacks Rumor That Drake's "Iceman" Is His Last Album Under UMG Considering the defamation lawsuit Drake is pursuing against his label UMG right now, this possibility makes too much sense. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 04, 2025
Music Chris Brown Signs Historic New Deal With RCA Records Chris Brown becomes one of the youngest artists ever to own their master recordings. By Alex Zidel January 04, 2019
Viral DJ Akademiks Calls Out Google For Listing His Net Worth At A Shocking One Billion Dollars DJ Akademiks joked that Google's wildly exaggerated assessment of his net worth is why people have sued him over the years. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Pop Culture Lena The Plug Reveals Her "Dream Collab" For 2024 The adult content creator has her eyes set on Jadiyn Alexis. By Ben Mock January 06, 2024
Music Drake Appears To Squash French Montana Beef With This Subtle Co-Sign Fences are being mended. By Elias Andrews November 21, 2024