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Music Tony Yayo Passionately Debates If 50 Cent's Career Was Better Than Jay-Z's Tony Yayo, Andrew Schulz, and the rest of the "Flagrant" podcast had some very hot takes about 50 Cent and Jay-Z's career trajectories. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2026
Music TDE’s Punch Laughs Off Isaac Hayes III’s Take on GloRilla Grammy Debate Fans debate whether Glorilla should have won over Kendrick Lamar. By Tallie Spencer February 05, 2026
Music 21 Savage Denies Using Bots After Spotify Allegedly Scrubs His Album Of 25 Million Streams DJ Akademiks says that 21 Savage messaged him to address the rumors about Spotify removing streams from his latest album. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Complains About Yet Another Grammys Snub Lil Wayne didn't receive any nominations for his fourteenth solo studio album, "Tha Carter VI," which he dropped last June. By Cole Blake February 02, 2026
Music Kanye West Brings Out North West & Diddy's Son Pulls Up To Mexico Concert Kanye West was joined by North West, Diddy's son Christian "King" Combs, and over 40,000 fans at the first of his two Mexico shows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Politics Waka Flocka Flame Shares Support For Nicki Minaj's MAGA Turn Waka Flocka Flame has also expressed support for United States President Donald Trump, so this random Nicki Minaj shoutout is no surprise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music Cam’ron & Mase Question Why Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Are Covered Differently Than Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce In a recent podcast, Cam'ron and Mase compared the media's coverage of Cardi B and Stefon Diggs and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Music Fans Suspect J. Cole Is Dissing Drake On "Golden Goose Freestyle" J. Cole's new series of freestyles comes as he continues to prepare for the release of his next album, "The Fall-Off." By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music T.I. Proclaims "Atlanta Is Here" In Passionate Defense Of His Hometown The rant comes as T.I. works on his long-awaited next studio album, "Kill The King," which he shared a single from, earlier this month. By Cole Blake January 27, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Defends Rod Wave During His Fiery Takedown Of Lil Baby DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby, alleging that the rapper had someone from his team slap him in Miami. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Music Kanye West Blames His Bipolar Condition On His Infamous 2002 Car Crash Kanye West issued a lengthy apology for all of his controversial behavior over the last several years of his career. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Music Russell Simmons Accused Of Forgery In Alleged Sexual Assault Case Apparently, their settlement was not a two-way street. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2024