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Music The Weeknd’s “Take My Breath” Video Pulled From Imax Theaters Rollout Imax Theaters is no longer premiering The Weeknd's new music video for "Take My Breath" before the release of "The Suicide Squad." By Kevin Goddard August 04, 2021
Music Soulja Boy Delivers Impromptu "Rick & Morty" Freestyle While Playing "Fortnite" Soulja Boy's Twitch streams are box office. By Alexander Cole June 13, 2021
Music Kandi Burruss Wrote "Bills, Bills, Bills" About An Ex Who Was Dating A Member Of Destiny's Child Burruss co-wrote the Destiny's Child hit but didn't tell the ladies that her ex, who was dating one of the singers, was the inspiration behind the single. By Erika Marie July 08, 2021
Music Kanye West Previews André 3000 Collab In Berlin Kanye West is currently in Berlin, Germany, where he previewed new music with André 3000. By Alex Zidel September 02, 2021
Music Lil Cease Thinks Lil Kim & Nicki Minaj "Verzuz" Would Be "Great For The Culture" There has been a lot of talk of a potential "Verzuz" with these two, but past rumors have caused fans to have issues with the matchup. By Erika Marie July 06, 2021
Music Saweetie Claims She Had "PTSD" After Radio Host Said Her Freestyling Was "Basic" The rapper admits she was spooked pretty badly after the comment. By Madusa S. March 23, 2021
Music Twitter Loses It After The Weeknd Announces New Music Fans react with excitement to The Weeknd's mysterious new song teaser. By Joshua Robinson August 02, 2021
Pop Culture The Weeknd Super Bowl Halftime Will Be The Usual Length Despite Initial Report His performance will run for around 13 minutes, as it has always been. By Madusa S. January 28, 2021
Music Toosii Spins Heads With His XXL Freshman Freestyle The rapper went out and did his thing. By Yoni Yardeni July 06, 2021
Pop Culture Dolly Parton Wants To See Beyoncé Cover "Jolene" The country star hopes that Queen B would give the performance the same treatment that Whitney Houston gave Dolly's "I Will Always Love You" back in the day. By Hayley Hynes March 13, 2022
Music Vince Staples Calls Snoop Dogg The "Biggest Rapper," Explains Why Halftime Show Was Overdue The rapper detailed why he doesn't believe the Super Bowl performance was "something to be super-duper excited about." By Erika Marie February 23, 2022
Music NBA Youngboy Responds To Soulja Boy's Claim That He Could Have Signed Him NBA Youngboy recently discussed Soulja Boy's claim about being able to sign him. By Cole Blake December 02, 2021