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Music Kanye West Teases "Alive" Music Video As Feud With Playboi Carti Heats Up Kanye West and Playboi Carti have been beefing on social media for several months at this point. By Cole Blake May 25, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Labels Drake The "Biggest Rapper Of All Time" Lil Yachty had some major praise for Drake, who he has been friends with in the public eye for a number of years. By Cole Blake August 04, 2025
Music Saweetie Talks Hiding Quavo Romance: Hip Hop "[Credits] A Man For A Woman's Success" She admitted she "tip-toed around the relationship" because she wanted to build her career without anyone saying the Migos rapper put her on. By Erika Marie January 13, 2021
Music Tyler The Creator Contemplates Taking A "Very Long Break" After "Chromakopia" Tour After Tyler the Creator's prolific output in recent years, fans might not get a chance to hear from the rapper for a long time. By Cole Blake September 22, 2025
Music Diddy’s Mother Janice Combs Fires Back Amid Lawsuit Over Alleged Fraud Former Bad Boy executive Kirk Burrowes alleges that he was swindled out of his 25% stake and 15% profit cut of the label. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music Gunna Tells Will-I-Am Why He Wants To Sign An AI Artist Gunna's conversation with will.i.am comes as artificial intelligence continues to be a hotly contested topic. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Charlie Kirk Will Appear In Kanye West's New Documentary Nico Ballesteros' new documentary about Kanye West, "In Whose Name?," will hit theaters on Friday, September 19. By Cole Blake September 18, 2025
Music Sean Kingston's Lawyer Demands To Be Released From His Case As Their Relationship Becomes "Adversarial" Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were both found guilty in an alleged fraud scheme, earlier this year. By Cole Blake August 01, 2025
Music Robbie Pardlo, City High Co-Founder and R&B Vocalist, Dead at 46 City High, including Robbie Pardlo, Ryan Toby, and Claudette Ortiz, were the first new acts by Wyclef Jean in 2001. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music Gunna Announces Global "Wun World" Tour Gunna is taking his last record with YSL on a global trek starting as soon as November 17. It will extend into July 2026. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Drake & Kanye West As Rappers With 1 Billion Spotify Streams In 2026 Kendrick Lamar has joined elite company by eclipsing the 1 billion streams mark on Spotify just two months and change into 2026. By Zachary Horvath February 19, 2026
Music Lawyer Behind Fat Joe Lawsuit Arrested For Allegedly Hitting Process Server With Car Tyrone Blackburn, the attorney representing Fat Joe's former hypeman, allegedly hit a 66-year-old process server with his car last month. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025