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Music Yeat Announces "Dangerous Summer" EP And It's Dropping Sooner Than You Think Yeat says that he won't be doing any form of roll out for his new EP titled, "Dangerous Summer," which drops later this week. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music 11 Albums That Sold Over 1 Million Copies In The First Week Only a handful of albums have sold over a million copies in a week. By Chukwudi Onyewuchi May 01, 2024
Music Drake & Central Cee Get Icy On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update We have a hearty "Fire Emoji" playlist this week with Drake, Central Cee, Tyler, The Creator, Wale, Freddie Gibbs, NBA YoungBoy, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Rubi Rose Becomes Latest Star To Be Hit With An Alleged Sex Tape Leak Alleged leaks are running rampant on social media. By Alexander Cole February 21, 2024
Music Michael Jackson Credited His Longtime Bodyguard With Subbing In As "His Father" The letter MJ penned thanking his bodyguard is currently up for auction. By Devin Ch March 07, 2019
Music Geechi Gotti Arrested On Drug Charges In Ohio Earlier this month, Geechi Gotti and three other men were taken into custody during a traffic stop in Butler County. By Caroline Fisher February 11, 2026
Music 10 Things You Didn't Know About SZA From writing songs for Rihanna to dropping out of college, here are 10 things you may not have known about talented R&B singer-songwriter SZA. By Caleb Hardy March 09, 2023
Music Drake Addresses Relationship With The Weeknd & Chubbs-Detail Feud On "War" Nothing is off limits when Drake drops a freestyle. By Noah C December 24, 2019
Music Sinthoro Upper Shot & Killed By His 16-Year-Old Stepson Sinthoro Upper's latest song, "Slide," was just starting to blow up on social media before his death on Sunday. By Cole Blake April 14, 2026
Music Slim Thug Firmly Shuts Down Accusations Of Stalking Megan Thee Stallion Slim Thug's comments come after Megan Thee Stallion went public with her relationship with Klay Thompson, earlier this month. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Travis Scott Teases Another Insane Sounding Snippet Ahead Of "JACKBOYS 2" The hype has been through the roof for "JACKBOYS 2," and credit goes to Travis Scott for teasing some crazy snippets like this one. By Zachary Horvath July 01, 2025
Music Drake Plans To Fly Out Streamers For His Triple-Headlining Wireless Festival Appearance This weekend, Drake will perform at Wireless Festival in London, along with PartyNextDoor, Burna Boy, Vybz Kartel, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2025