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Music Earl Sweatshirt Confirms Release Date For New Album, "Live Laugh Love" Earl Sweatshirt has a new album on the way titled, "Live Laugh Love," and it's dropping much sooner than fans may realize. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Sports Drake Reveals The Shocking Amount He's Lost On Sports Betting Regardless of the losing streak, Drake's still set on making it back with Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music Lil Durk Scores Billboard Top 10 Debut Despite Divisive First Week Sales For "Deep Thoughts" Lil Durk recently thanked fans in a heartfelt message for supporting his new album "Deep Thoughts" amid his prison stay. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music Judge Reveals When He'll Rule On Diddy's Latest Mistrial Request Diddy filed a second request for a mistrial, last week, after accusing the prosecution of "prosecutorial misconduct." By Cole Blake June 09, 2025
Music Young Thug Reveals What His Frequently Used Slang Words Actually Mean According to Young Thug, YSL stands for "Young Soldiers of the Lord." By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2023
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Try To Storm Sold Out Arena In New Orleans To See Him Perform NBA YoungBoy performed two concerts in New Orleans as he continues to travel on his "Make America Slime Again" tour. By Cole Blake October 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Drops "BULLY V1" Album And Short Film Amidst Twitter Meltdown Kanye West has made surprising fans his number one priority and he did just that by dropping a new album unannounced. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025
Music The Weeknd Surprises Jenna Ortega With "My Dear Melancholy" As His Best Album Selection The Weeknd made his debut in 2011 with the critically-acclaimed mixtape House of Balloons. His debut single was "Wicked Games." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Music Fat Joe Says He Can’t Support An Alleged “Rat” Despite Liking Gunna’s New Album During a recent episode of his podcast, Fat Joe weighed in one Gunna's final album under YSL, "The Last Wun." By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Claims He Lost A Rap Battle With Denzel Washington ASAP Rocky and Denzel Washington are the stars of Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" film, which premiered this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Cardi B During Stream To Praise Her Verse On Young Thug’s “UY Scuti” According to DJ Akademiks, he and Cardi B have mutual respect for one another, even though they don't always agree. By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2025
Music Meek Mill Gifts Gillie Da Kid Iced-Out Chain Of His Late Son YNG Cheese Meek Mill and Gillie Da Kid go back, and the former was one of the first to reach out following YNG Cheese's tragic death. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2025