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Music Pluto Appears To Shade Latto After “WHIM WHAMIEE” Remix Gets Axed In Pluto's new track "Excuse Me," she refers to herself as "Big Mama," a nickname commonly used by her fellow femcee Latto. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music DJ Quik Sparks Debate With Shady Dr Dre Comment Recently, one social media user claimed that DJ Quik is "who everyone thinks Dr. Dre is," earning big reactions. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Music $ilkMoney Accuses Tyler, The Creator Of Ripping Off His Song On New Album, "Don't Touch The Glass" $ilkMoney says Tyler, the Creator's new track, "Mommanem," is awfully similar to his own song, "My Potna Dem." By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Nelly's Attorney Calls Rape Allegations "Completely Fabricated" Following Arrest "Nelly is prepared to address and pursue all legal avenues to redress any damage caused by this clearly false allegation." By Trevor Smith October 07, 2017
Music Desiigner & PnB Rock Have A Joint Album Coming Soon Desiigner & PnB Rock about to have flames on the way. By Aron A. November 08, 2017
Music Tory Lanez Previews A Bunch Of Unreleased Music Including Acoustic & Latin Songs Tory Lanez has hits for everybody. By Aron A. February 08, 2018
Music Kendrick Lamar & Migos Land Some Of Billboard's Hottest Songs Of 2017 Kendrick Lamar and Migos were two of Billboard's biggest hitmakers in 2017. By Matt F December 12, 2017
Music Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def To Host Four US Concerts Before Retirement Before he retires, Yasiin Bey will perform one show in Harlem and three in Washington D.C. By Angus Walker November 27, 2016
Music XXL Launches Ten-Year Anniversary Project For 2016 Freshman Class XXL will drop a documentary, unreleased interviews with DJ Drama, and more to celebrate ten years since their iconic 2016 Freshman Class. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2026
Music George Clinton, Ari Lennox & More Lead D'Angelo Tribute At BET Awards D'Angelo's children, The Vanguard, RAYE, Durand Bernarr, and BJ The Chicago Kid were also there to pay tribute at the 2026 BET Awards. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music Skepta Blasts Grown Men Pestering North West At Paris Fashion Week Skepta took to social media to argue with fans about how folks interacted with North West while asking for pictures. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2026
Music O'Shea Jackson Jr. Calls Drake's Janice Parties A "Trap" Drake is hosting parties for women named Janice in the wake of his "Janice STFU" hit, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. couldn't help but joke about it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026