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Sports Colin Kaepernick Claims Jay-Z Planted Hit Pieces Due To Sellout Comments Colin Kaepernick has been speaking to various outlets about the Jay-Z NFL controversy amid the release of his memoir, "The Perilous Fight." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2026
Music The Grammys Has A Hip-Hop Problem On the HNHH livestream, Aron and I also discussed horrorcore, the Soul Train Music Awards, Ice Cube's Dejon Paul beef, ComplexCon, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Kendrick Lamar A "Mood Killer" Due To Drake & Playboi Carti Collab DJ Akademiks claims Kendrick Lamar's influence on Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" led to a Carti and Drake collab getting scrapped from the tracklist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 09, 2026
Music Keshia Chanté Breaks Her Silence On Rumor That Drake Is The Father Of Her Child Keshia Chanté's pregnancy has been met with rumors that Drake is the father, and now, she is speaking out on CP24. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2026
Music Drake's "Quebec" Removed From YouTube Just Hours After Premiere Drake's "FOMO" cut "Quebec" was made private on YouTube, but fans hope this walk-back is indicative of a more formal release coming soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2026
Music Drake Delivers Another One Of His Famous Cryptic Messages On Instagram Following a successful FOMO livestream, Drake has taken to Instagram with a collection of photos from his recent shoots. By Alexander Cole September 22, 2026
TV Jay-Z Reflects On Feeling Betrayed By Irv Gotti Friendship gets complicated as Jay-Z recalls feeling betrayed by Irv Gotti over Ja Rule and a possible Nas signing. By Erika Marie October 12, 2026
Music Cam'ron Laughs At Jay-Z's Alleged Efforts To Perform At The Super Bowl Cam'ron doesn't believe for a second that Jay-Z and Roc Nation are struggling to find a Super Bowl halftime performer, as rumors suggest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2026
Music Pharrell Says Chad Hugo Hasn’t Identified Which Neptunes Songs He Claims A new filing from Pharrell challenges Chad Hugo to identify the specific Neptunes songs and copyrights at the center of his lawsuit. By Erika Marie October 07, 2026
Music Keefe D Officially Sentenced To 40 Years To Life For The Death Of Tupac Shakur Keefe D is back in court today as he will be officially sentenced for the killing of hip-hop legend and icon, Tupac Shakur. By Alexander Cole October 13, 2026
Music Rory Explains Why He Confronted QueenzFlip During Nightclub Stream Rory and QueenzFlip never crossed over on "The Joe Budden Podcast," but animosity between them came to a head earlier this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2026
Music 50 Cent Reveals If He Will Ever Reconcile With Diddy During a recent "TODAY" interview, 50 Cent got brutally honest about whether or not he will ever reconcile with Diddy. By Alexander Cole October 10, 2026