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Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Announce Release Date For Collab Album "Abi & Alan" The Alchemist and Erykah Badu's collaboration has drawn some controversy, but fans are still very excited for what they have in store. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Cardi B Implies That Jay-Z Approved Of Her New Single "Imaginary Players" Cardi B will be dropping "Imaginary Players" as the second single from her upcoming sophomore album, "Am I the Drama?" By Cole Blake August 13, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Speaks On The Absurd Amount Of Joints He Smokes Every Day Wiz Khalifa is one of hip-hop's biggest devil's lettuce advocates, and he wasn't scared to tell Jimmy Kimmel about his high tolerance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Ty Dolla $ign Delivers Cryptic Update On His Relationship With Kanye West Ty Dolla $ign's relationship with Kanye West appeared to take a turn for the worse earlier this year during one of Ye's antisemitic rants. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Music Maino Takes Aim At 50 Cent On Fiery Diss Track “Bleed Like Us” In Maino's latest diss track, he targets 50 Cent with references to his domestic violence allegations, shooting, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 11, 2026
Music Beyonce & Jay-Z Take Sneaky Helicopter Trip To View Sprawling UK Estate Beyonce and Jay-Z were recently in England for her six record-breaking "Cowboy Carter" shows at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music J. Cole Adds Even More Dates For "The Fall-Off" World Tour J. Cole is hitting the road after dropping his seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off," earlier this month. By Cole Blake February 17, 2026
Music Police Clarify Celeste Rivas’ Body Was Not Decapitated Or Frozen Police found Celeste Rivas' body in the trunk of a vehicle registered to the singer, D4vd, back in September. By Cole Blake November 25, 2025
Music Young Scooter Receives Outpouring Of Love During Emotional Funeral Young Scooter drew in hundreds of people at his funeral/Celebration of Life on Monday and it's clear he touched a lot of people. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Joe Budden Debates Whether Ludacris & Kendrick Lamar Ruin R&B Songs Both Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar have appeared on tons of popular R&B tracks over the course of their careers. By Cole Blake October 21, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Believes That Quavo And Offset Are Better As A Duo Than As Solo Acts Jermaine Dupri recently stated that he thinks Migos breaking up was a “bad situation” and that Quavo and Offset are better together. By Devin Morton July 20, 2025
Relationships Young MA Rekindles With The Ex Who Leaked Her Health Issues Young MA's ex-girlfriend previously posted a video of her dealing with serious health issues in the hospital. By Cole Blake September 18, 2025