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Music Wale Reveals If He Ever Dated Solange Rumors that Wale was once romantically involved with Solange have been rampant for a while now, and he's finally set the record straight. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Set To Shatter Mexico City Attendance Record With Back-To-Back Shows Kanye West hasn't been in Mexico City since 2008, but it's clear that his fans there were dying for him to come back. By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025
Music Lil Durk Takes Major Court Loss As Judge Rejects Motion To Disqualify Prosecutors Lil Durk alleges that First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bilal A. Essayl's appointment was improper, but a federal judge ruled otherwise. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Young Thug Responds To 21 Savage’s Plea To Squash Gunna Beef Recently, 21 Savage took to Twitter/X to remind Young Thug of how close he and Gunna once were, urging him to end their feud. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music 21 Savage & Future Hop On FaceTime After Swapping Subliminal Disses In the midst of 21 Savage trying to heal the Atlanta rap scene, him and Future butted heads for a short minute on Twitter (X). By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025
Music Winter Blanco Urges The Public To Believe Trey Songz’s Accusers Winter Blanco previously alleged that Trey Songz physically assaulted her in 2018, and that she was too afraid to come forward. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Diddy, Druski & Odell Beckham Jr Dismissed Earlier this year, a woman named Ashley Parham alleged that Diddy, Odell Beckham Jr, and Druski sexually assaulted her at a party. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music Joe Budden Shares A Nuanced Response To Drake Celebrating Ebro's Firing Hot 97 shockingly confirmed the end of the station's long-running talk show, "Ebro in the Morning," last week. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music 21 Savage’s “What Happened To The Streets?” Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections Last week, 21 Savage dropped his fourth studio album "What Happened To The Streets?" just days after announcing it. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Finally Unveils Cover Art & Pre-Save Links For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky is dropping "Don't Be Dumb" in due time, and it appears as though Tim Burton helped him with his cover art. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Posts Video Of Himself Partying With Maino As Feud Intensifies DJ Akademiks and Maino have been trading shots over the last week following Ak's jokes about Fabolous' fashion choices. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Funk Flex’s Hot 97 Guest Spot Off To A Rocky Start Thanks To DaBaby & Birdman Mix-Up Funk Flex recently discussed Kimora Lee Simmons' latest spat with her ex Russell on Hot 97, leading to a lot of confusion. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025