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Music Drake Doesn't Care About Other Artists Criticizing His Music Drake spoke on making music for women and his love of strip club culture in the new Magic City docuseries. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2025
Music Cam’ron Drops Key Part Of His Lawsuit Over J. Cole's "Ready ’24" Cam'ron claims that he wasn't properly compensated for his work on J. Cole's song, "Ready '24," and is taking legal action. By Cole Blake January 14, 2026
Music Pharrell Fires Back Amid Backlash For Politics And DEI Comments Last month, Pharrell admitted that he hates politics, claiming that picking a side means "inadvertently supporting division." By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025
Music Nas' Harvard Fellowship Is Now Taking Applications Nas first partnered with Harvard University to launch the hip-hop fellowship back in 2013 and students can still take advantage. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Receives Key To Atlanta In The Middle Of His Show NBA YoungBoy joins Ludacris as the only other rapper to receive this high honor in the city of Atlanta, with Luda doing so in 2004. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music Ken Carson Tour Reportedly Canceled Amid Playboi Carti & Opium Tour Rumors We will see if Ken Carson, Playboi Carti, Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang finally take Opium on the road, as they promised some years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & Cardi B Win Big At The AMA's Are you surprised? By Aron A. May 26, 2026
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 Meek Mill Drops Fiery “In My Eyes” Freestyle Ahead Of New Album In Meek Mill's new freestyle, he takes shots at his foes, brags about his riches, laments the cost of fame, and more. By Caroline Fisher April 28, 2026
Music Drake Lands At Number One On Billboard's Top Hip-Hop Artists Of The Century List Drake is the most dominant rapper of the 21st century so far, and that has been reflected with his latest accomplishment from Billboard. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Drake Launches Appeal To Resurrect "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Against UMG Earlier this month, Judge Jeannette Vargas officially dismissed Drake's lawsuit against Universal Music Group. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Wu-Tang Clan: Where Are They Now? The Clan’s still going strong, three decades later. By Demi Phillips January 22, 2024