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Music Nessa Diab Clarifies She Respects Jay-Z As An Artist, But Alleged Smear Campaign Against Her Husband, Colin Kaepernick, Was Wrong Nessa Diab joined Nicki Minaj in speaking out about Roc Nation after Minaj began tweeting about legal claims against Desiree Perez. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music Drake Confirms To DJ Akademiks That The "Hi Whitney" Diss Was A.I. The A.I. songs are getting out of control. By Cole Blake April 15, 2024
Music Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign's “Vultures 2” Release Takes Fans By Surprise Better late than never. By Caroline Fisher August 03, 2024
Original Content 10 Essential August Alsina Tracks August Alsina: a primer. By Danny Schwartz January 30, 2017
Original Content Young Dolph & Yo Gotti: Unpacking The Memphis Beef Why was Yo Gotti rumored to be a person of interest in Young Dolph's shooting? We're unpacking the rivalry between the two would-be kings of Memphis. By Christopher Armstrong September 28, 2017
Music NBC Fires Back At Diddy's $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over Scathing Documentary "Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy" features a number of allegations that Diddy is furious with the company over. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music F1LTHY Claims Playboi Carti Already Finished His New Album Playboi Carti himself has also dropped a lot of teases and hints about his new album "BABY BOI," so this is just one more indicator. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music Yeat Revitalizes A Drake Classic On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update This week's "Fire Emoji" playlist update is led by Yeat, Quavo, Takeoff, Westside Gunn, Doechii, Lil Tjay, and 42 Dugg. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music BossMan Dlow Seemingly Taken Into Custody By Florida Police: Watch A fan captured the alleged arrest. By Elias Andrews August 05, 2024
Music Hip-Hop Hits A New Low At Coachella 2026 Coachella announced its lineup for next year earlier this month and fans of hip-hop noticed the lack of representation for the genre. By Zachary Horvath September 24, 2025
Music Drake Gets Clowned For Wearing A "Certified Lover Boy" Bonnet Drake took to his Instagram Story with a selfie in a "Certified Lover Boy" bonnet and commenters had some jokes for The Boy. By Devin Morton September 21, 2025
Music Dame Dash Launches Massive Defamation Lawsuit Against Cam'ron Dame Dash and Cam'ron have been beefing for years, with most of the claims in this defamation lawsuit relating to business moves. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025