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Music Kanye West Brings Out Lauryn Hill & Travis Scott At SoFi Stadium Show Alongside Kanye West and Travis Scott, Lauryn Hill also brought out her sons Zion and YG Marley to perform with her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Tech SZA Blasts AI Music Platform Suno & Allegedly Calls Out Diplo's Support Of It SZA has previously been very critical of AI technology, and has now allegedly set her sights on Diplo having equity in Suno. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music Styles P Calls Out Adam22 For Joking About Hocus 45th's "Drop My Flag" Challenge Hocus 45th recently launched the “Drop My Flag” challenge in an effort to combat gang violence by promoting peace. By Cole Blake September 10, 2025
Music Kanye West Complains To Playboi Carti About Pusha T's "Black Lives Matter" Verse In Old Clip This clip from the "Donda" sessions shows a scrapped Pusha T verse on the Kanye West, Playboi Carti, and Fivio Foreign collab "Off The Grid." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Music Shyne Recalls Eating Dinner With Drake After Calling Him "Corny" Once upon a time, Shyne felt as though Drake was just a corny artist from Canada, but now, he has seen the light. By Alexander Cole May 13, 2026
Music HoneyKomb Brazy Resolves Issues With 21 Savage & Lil Baby HoneyKomb Brazy had taken issue with 21 Savage's "f**k the streets" comments, but a conversation with him and with Lil Baby set things right. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 27, 2025
Music Here Are The Top 200 "Lil" Rappers Currently On Spotify "Lil" rappers are making a big impact on Spotify. By Matthew Parizot May 31, 2018
Music Kanye West Secures Promising First Day Spotify Streams For New Album "Bully" Although Kanye West took more time to drop his new album "Bully" on Apple Music after its Spotify release, it still sits at number one there. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2026
Music Kid Cudi Says He Relied On Cocaine To Not Take His Own Life Kid Cudi's tell all memoir is out today and in it he details some of his darkest and most personal accounts that he can recall. By Zachary Horvath August 12, 2025
Relationships Megan Thee Stallion May Have Addressed Klay Thompson Cheating Scandal Megan Thee Stallion appears to take shots at her ex Klay Thompson on Bossman Dlow's "Motion Party (Remix)." By Aron A. May 29, 2026
Original Content Kanye West's "College Dropout" Songs Ranked, Best to Worst It's arguably one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, and we're ranking all the songs on Ye's celebrated record. By Wyatt Westlake April 04, 2023
Music Lil Baby Overtakes 21 Savage For The Highest-Charting Rap Album On Apple Music Lil Baby and 21 Savage both ended 2025 on a high note with their new albums, but the former as a little bit of a leg up to start 2026. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026