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Politics Drake Appears To Show Love To Pro-Palestine Protesters Outside Of His Copenhagen Hotel Drake is currently in Europe with PartyNextDoor to tour in support of their recent album, "Some Sexy Songs 4 U." By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music BabyChiefDoIt Sparks Outrage By Admitting ChatGPT Writes His Raps Social media users have a lot to say about BabyChiefDoIt's latest admission about using AI to make his music. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music Mal Finally Gives J. Cole His Props After Attending "Fall-Off" Tour Concert Mal has been extremely critical of J. Cole over the past couple of years, and on Monday, he offered up his updated take. By Alexander Cole August 04, 2026
Music Kanye West Attends Daughter North's Pop-Up Amid Concert Controversies North West just released her debut EP amid her father Kanye's attempts to book more overseas shows and make up for his canceled ones. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Pop Culture Don Lemon Channels Mariah Carey To Fire Back At Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj originally took aim at Don Lemon to complain about his coverage of an anti-ICE protest at Cities Church. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Digga D Responds To Central Cee's Disses From Behind Bars This may not be a super overt diss track, but Digga D certainly got Central Cee's message after a long history of feuding. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2024
Music Pooh Shiesty In "Good Spirits" Despite Bond Hearing Result Pooh Shiesty had a difficult time during his court appearance yesterday, but his lawyer Bradford Cohen, has provided an encouraging update. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Scores Five Nominations At The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards Kendrick Lamar is in the running for Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and more at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Music Juice WRLD's Girlfriend Ally Lotti Leaks Alleged Sex Tape On OnlyFans And Promptly Gets Ripped By His Fans Fans are not happy with Ally Lotti, and understandably so. By Alexander Cole January 15, 2024
Music YG Announces “The Gentlemen’s Club” Tour: How To Buy Tickets YG's hitting the road this fall. By Aron A. July 22, 2026
Music Kanye West Previews New Don Toliver Collab Amid "BULLY" Deluxe News Kanye West also made some major adjustments to "CIRCLES," a track off of "BULLY" that initially featured the Houston rapper. By Zachary Horvath April 06, 2026