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Music RZA Likens Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef To This Hollywood Blockbuster While Addressing The Battle Much like the rest of the hip-hop world, RZA thinks that the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle represents an important lyrical tradition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Smashes Yet Another Incredible Spotify Record Recently, Kendrick Lamar managed to break another impressive streaming record on Spotify ahead of his tour with SZA. By Caroline Fisher March 01, 2025
Music Jim Jones Calls Out Swizz Beatz For Allegedly Backdooring Him During his recent appearance on "The Breakfast Club," Jim Jones looked back on Dipset's famous Verzuz battle against The Lox. By Caroline Fisher March 01, 2025
Music Meek Mill Recalls LeBron James' Artistic Advice Amid Praise For New Fridayy Collab "Proud Of Me" LeBron James' wise words from years ago seem to have inspired Meek Mill's emotionally potent verse on this new song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Who Had The Better Verse? Wiz Khalifa Fans Praise His Teased Feature On J Cole's "cLOUDs" We don't know if J Cole will officially release this Wiz Khalifa version of "cLOUDs," but fans are loving it regardless. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Applauds Drake For Going Against The Industry Haters During Interview From Prison Tory Lanez spoke on his own independent grind in the music industry while commenting on the Drake discourse on the "Full Send" podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Kanye West’s Ex-Assistant Lauren Pisciotta Reportedly “In Hiding” Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Arick Fudali, the lawyer representing Kanye West's former assistant Lauren Pisciotta, recently discussed the fallout of her lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Kanye West Is As Confusing As Ever In His Latest Twitter Rant About Swastikas Kanye West is repeating many of his Twitter talking points about his embrace of the swastika emblem and pushback from the industry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Meek Mill Announces “Pizza Gate” Song Amid Jeffrey Epstein Files Controversy Meek Mill shared an interesting tweet amid public disappointment surrounding the release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Chopper Alleges He Saw Diddy Kissing A “Powerful” White Man During a recent interview, former Da Band member Chopper recalled some of the things he allegedly experienced while spending time with Diddy. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Lil Baby Speaks Out Amid Rumors He Was Arrested By Federal Authorities Lil Baby was plagued by rumors that he had been arrested by federal officers. The rumors have been proven false. By Elias Andrews February 27, 2025
Music Chopper Alleges Cassie Never "Loved" Diddy During Their Relationship Chopper recounted his friendship with Cassie, and the ways in which he felt her relationship with Diddy was transactional. By Elias Andrews February 27, 2025