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Music Rick Ross' "Set In Stone" Officially Lands Outside Billboard Top 20 With Poor Sales There has been a lot of debate about "Set In Stone" and its commercial performance, but Rick Ross isn't stressing out over it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2026
Music Fans Think Drake Mocked A$AP Rocky's Facial Scar While Vibing To "Burning Bridges" Drake was at the NOCTA Manor Party on Tuesday evening, and some believe he took a shot at A$AP Rocky during it. By Alexander Cole July 22, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Knew Of Meek Mill & Diddy's Alleged Romance Years Ago, Fans Speculate In Diddy's latest lawsuit, he's accused of claiming to have slept with "a Philadelphia rapper who dated Nicki Minaj." By Caroline Fisher February 29, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Extensively Explains The Petty Beef Between Drake & Dillon Brooks The internet doesn't know what Ak is trying to do by breaking this down. By Zachary Horvath December 02, 2024
Music NBA YoungBoy Explains His Future Beef & Claims Pluto Isn't A "Gangster" One of Future's Freebandz artists also made similar claims about NBA YoungBoy, extending the lifespan of this sudden beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 12, 2026
Sports The Knicks Owed Hip-Hop A Championship For 50 years, hip-hop treated the Knicks like a cultural constant. The championship finally returned the favor. By Aron A. June 18, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Seems To Clap Back At Drake Diss On Ken Carson's New Album Drake had a purported shot for Playboi Carti on "ICEMAN," which Carti may have responded to on the new Ken Carson collab "wedidit." By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2026
Relationships ilykimchi Accuses Oogie Mane Of Choking & Hitting Her Amid Tezzus Leaks The situation between ilykimchi and Oogie Mane has escalated into allegations about domestic violence and abuse. By Alexander Cole July 16, 2026
Music J. Cole "The Fall-Off" Credits: Every Feature And Producer J. Cole has released his highly-anticipated album "The Fall-Off," and we now have all of the producers and features. By Alexander Cole February 06, 2026
Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Exits Number One Spot On Billboard 200 In Fifth Week Given how much people will continue to play Drake's "ICEMAN" into the summer and beyond, we're sure it could get more chart-topping weeks. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2026
Music Chingy Compares R. Kelly Scandal To His Transgender Model Accusations He said it's all about "destroying the black male character." By Erika Marie March 28, 2019
Music Kanye West Allegedly Hooked Bianca Censori Up With A Porn Star As A Christmas Gift Ye and Bianca are reportedly splitting up. By Cole Blake October 08, 2024