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Music Frank Ocean Rises To Playboi Carti's Challenge By Dropping New Snippet Frank Ocean has not been heard from for years, but the R&B icon decided to make good on a social media exchange from 2023. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Relationships Is Tyler, The Creator In A Relationship? He's always kept information about his romances close to the vest, but we're looking at moments that give insight into the rapper's dating life. By Ferri Trust March 30, 2023
Music Wale & Smino Celebrate Black Music Month With Amazon Exclusive "Glory" Wale and Smino also performed their new track "Glory" in an exclusive Amazon Music video to celebrate Black Music Month. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2026
Music T-Pain Sells Publishing Catalog & Select Masters In Massive Career Move T-Pain is excited for the new chapter. By Cole Blake February 20, 2025
Music RBX Is Still Implicating Drake In Amended Botting Claims Against Spotify Drake himself isn't a defendant in this previously dismissed lawsuit, but RBX is still claiming Spotify ignores botting rules for his sake. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2026
Music Erykah Badu Responds To Fan Who Says She'd Win Battle Against Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill were pitted against each other in a hypothetical Instagram Live Battle, and Ms. Badu let it be known who would take the crown. By Erika Marie April 24, 2020
Streetwear Drake, Yeat, Sexyy Red Spotted In Nike's World Cup Final Box Drake, Kevin Durant, and several other stars joined Nike's exclusive suite at the 2026 World Cup Final in New York. By Ben Atkinson July 20, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Leaked Verse For Frank Ocean’s “Nights” Has Fans Split Social media users feel strongly about Kendrick's scrapped "Nights" verse. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2024
Music GloRilla And T-Pain To Be Honored At BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards In August Broadcast Music, Inc. confirmed that T-Pain and GloRilla would be receiving awards during their R&B/Hip-Hop Awards ceremony in August. By Devin Morton July 29, 2025
Music Matt Ox Breaks Silence After Arrest For Drug Charges Matt Ox originally went viral back in 2017 for dropping his breakout single, "Overwhelming," at the age of 12. By Cole Blake April 16, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar May Have Dissed Drake Back In 2018 On The "Black Panther" Soundtrack Fans think Kendrick Lamar's been dissing Drake for years. By Cole Blake May 08, 2024
Relationships Summer Walker Confirms Rico Recklezz Dating Rumors And Fans Are Absolutely Stunned Speculation about these two possibly being together started about two weeks ago. By Zachary Horvath December 28, 2024