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Music Kanye West Fails To Drop "BULLY" Deluxe And Divides The Fanbase Some Kanye West fans hope the "BULLY" deluxe arrives soon, whereas others think Ye never confirmed its release date enough to get hyped. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2026
Music T.I.'s New Album "Kill The King" May Not Be His Last, Despite His Promises There's a hint on "Kill The King" itself that suggest T.I. isn't done with dropping full-lengths yet, although this may be wishful thinking. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2026
Music Beyoncé Narrates Jay-Z's Roots Picnic Hair Transformation Jay-Z received plenty of reactions for changing up his hair, and now, Beyoncé is showing off the secret behind that change. By Alexander Cole June 22, 2026
Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Is His Latest Album To Become Platinum Eligible Drake has garnered quite a bit of praise thanks to his new album, "ICEMAN," and on Monday, the album reached another accolade. By Alexander Cole June 22, 2026
Music Kanye West Adds Ms. Lauryn Hill & Don Toliver To Re-Mixed "BULLY" Deluxe Kanye West dropped a new solo song, a new Don Toliver collab, a Ms. Lauryn Hill remix, and new mixes across the board for the "BULLY" deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music J. Cole Receives Major Props From Former NFL Star Ryan Clark During a recent episode of "The Pivot" podcast, former NFL star Ryan Clark spoke about his admiration for J. Cole. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Is Not Confident In Lil Durk Or Pooh Shiesty's Criminal Cases DJ Akademiks theorized Lil Durk may have informants to deal with, and he also commented on the alleged evidence against Pooh Shiesty. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2026
Music Diddy's Legal Team Claims They Can't Reach Him In Jail Diddy's lawyers are finding it hard to get in touch with him while he's behind bars, and they have Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' lawsuit to handle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026
Sports Travis Scott, Jay-Z, And DJ Khaled Showed Up For World Cup Shocker Travis Scott, Jay-Z, and DJ Khaled were among the celebrities at Brazil's World Cup Round of 16 upset loss to Norway. By Ben Atkinson July 05, 2026
Relationships Cardi B Alleges One Of Her Exes Threatened Self-Harm Following Breakup Cardi B was on X Spaces recently, where she spoke about her recent breakups and the fallouts that have followed suit. By Alexander Cole June 23, 2026
Music Nine Vicious Claims Young Thug Is Lying About Resigning Him To YSL Young Thug recently claimed to PlaqueBoyMax during a livestream that he's resigning Nine Vicious to YSL Records. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2026
Music Drake "ICEMAN," "HABIBTI," & "MAID OF HONOUR" Full Credits: Every Feature & Producer Drake just dropped off "ICEMAN," "HABIBTI," and "MAID OF HONOUR," and we have every feature and producer on the record. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026