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Music New Footage Shows Lefty Gunplay In Custody After Arrest In Texas Lefty Gunplay, rising West Coast rapper, was arrested earlier today on a handful of offenses per multiple reports. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Relationships Kanye West Uses Bianca Censori’s Film Premiere As A Way To Clap Back At Divorce Rumors Kanye West has not been doing himself or Bianca Censori any favors lately, but he showed up to support her amid the divorce reports. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Music Drake Fans Rejoice After PARTYNEXTDOOR Collab Album Knocks Off Kendrick Lamar And Goes Number One Drake and PARTYNEXDOOR's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" is going to be dethroning Kendrick Lamar and fans couldn't be happier right now. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Music Tony Buzbee Scoffs At The Rumors That He Cannot Practice Law In New York City Tony Buzbee, who has been involved with the former Jay-Z and Diddy lawsuit, is shutting down rumors that he can't practice law in New York. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Music Want To Produce Like Dr. Dre? Xzibit Reveals The Iconic Producer's Biggest Production Secrets X-to-the-Z shares the doctor's secrets. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 24, 2025
Music Drake Ties Jay-Z As Rapper With Most Billboard #1 Albums After "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Debuts At #1 Drake and Jay-Z's rivalry continues. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 23, 2025
Music Lil Zay Osama Is A Free Man Again After A Brief Prison Sentence Lil Zay Osama has been released from prison after serving several months for gun charges stemming from an incident in 2022. By Cole Blake February 23, 2025
Tech Kanye West Takes Aim At Dave Portnoy Over "Meme Coin" While Wearing A Swastika Shirt Kanye West continues to provoke with his abhorrent antisemitism, now challenging Dave Portnoy after teasing his own coin or cryptocurrency. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2025
Music Kanye West Respects R. Kelly’s Chicago Pride Wearing Yeezys In New Prison Photos It’s a Chi-Town thing. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 22, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Says Drake’s New Album Is “Not Enough” To Overshadow Kendrick Lamar Recently, Elliott Wilson weighed in on Drake and PartyNextDoor's new album "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," revealing that it has him split. By Caroline Fisher February 22, 2025
Music Another One! Kendrick Lamar Amps Up His Spotify Record For A Rapper's Monthly Listeners Kendrick Lamar has also recently broken records when it comes to No. 1 hip-hop albums, Spotify streams, and much more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Allegedly Disses J Cole Following Dreamville MC's New Song "cLOUDs" Freddie Gibbs allegedly took to his Instagram burner account to dismissively react to J Cole's new single, "cLOUDs." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025