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Politics Scarface Goes Off On The White House Using Drake's "ICEMAN" Cover Art Scarface couldn't believe the White House hopped on Drake's "ICEMAN" rollout, alleging they turned it into a celebration of "white power." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Drake's Latest "ICEMAN" Update Is Bad News For His Biggest Haters Drake is going to be dropping "ICEMAN" soon, and on social media, the artist is dropping some messages with a purpose. By Alexander Cole March 12, 2026
Music Drake Breaks Absurd RIAA Record On His 39th Birthday Drake keeps stacking commercial achievements on top of each other while fans patiently wait for his next album "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 24, 2025
Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Falls 6 Spots On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake dropped the song as the lead single from his highly-anticipated new album, "Iceman," which is dropping later this year. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Diddy Confessed to Blocking Wu-Tang Clan From The Radio, Claims Ghostface Killah Ghostface Killah spoke with Bootleg Kev ahead of "Supreme Clientele 2" and discussed Diddy's alleged role in blocking Wu-Tang from NYC radio. By Devin Morton August 19, 2025
Music Cardi B Breaks A Unique Guinness World Record With "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B's "AM I THE DRAMA?" already went platinum per the RIAA thanks to the inclusions of older hits "Up" and "WAP." By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
TV DJ Akademiks Responds After Joe Budden Gets Accused Of Taking Money From Kendrick Lamar Following some allegations from Daylyt pointed at Joe Budden, there is now a debate about the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Alexander Cole April 23, 2026
Music Judge Intends To Order Sale Of Nicki Minaj’s $20 Million Mansion Over Unpaid Assault Judgment In 2021, Nicki Minaj was sued by a German security guard over an alleged assault that took place backstage at a concert. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Cardi B Mocks Nicki Minaj’s Message To Kulture With Backhanded Apology To Papa Bear Nicki Minaj and Cardi B's years-long feud was reignited on Twitter this week, and it got ugly, to say the least. By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$’s Perfectly Engineered Return: The Road To "Lonely At The Top" Despite the delays, the long-game strategy behind "Lonely At The Top" has set the stage for a satisfying payoff. By Aron A. August 28, 2025
Music Hernandez Govan Claims Pooh Shiesty Has Been In Jail For Several Days Pooh Shiesty and his crew are accused of kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane and several other people at gunpoint. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026