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Relationships Offset Reveals New Album's Closer Is About Cardi B Relationship While Offset and Cardi B have dragged each other intensely amid their breakup, he said "Kiari" will close on a note of peace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music Bloodhound Q50 Drops Diss Track Against Haters Celebrating His Reported Shooting Bloodhound Q50 was allegedly the target of a St. Louis shooting for allegedly stealing $60K from folks in the city. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Police Shut Down Drake's "ICEMAN" Structure After Fans Built A Campfire On Top Of It Drake has a new "ICEMAN" installation in the middle of downtown Toronto, and fans are doing everything they can to melt it. By Alexander Cole April 21, 2026
Music Kanye West's Longtime Manager John Monopoly Addresses Ye's Mental Health Amid Kanye West's apologies for his antisemitism, his colleague John Monopoly gave fans a bit more context and insight into his current state. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 01, 2026
Music Kodak Black Shouts Out Drake On New Album After Recent Song Leak Kodak Black's reflection on his friendship with Drake on the track "All Love" joins other recent hints at a collaboration cooking up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Is All Smiles In New Prison Photos As Fans Call For His Release Fetty Wap is currently serving a six-year prison sentence at a low-security facility in Sandstone, Minnesota. By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2025
Music Drake's Three New Albums Completely Crashed Spotify Drake dropped not one, not two, but three albums last night, and Spotify was having a tough time keeping up with the demand. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Music Rick Ross Performs Drake Collab After French Montana Said Their Beef Will End French Montana was at Rick Ross' recent club performance, where Rozay performed his Drake collab "Aston Martin Music." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 16, 2026
Music Afrika Bambaataa Dead At 68 Today, Hassan Campbell confirmed in a Facebook video that Afrika Bambaataa has passed away at the age of 68. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2026
Music Gucci Mane Reveals Drake Has Forgiven Him For Calling Him A "Sissy" Gucci Mane went on an infamous rant over a decade ago, and not long after that, he landed in prison, before reforming. By Alexander Cole May 28, 2026
Music Everything To Know About Diddy's Sentencing Today Diddy was acquitted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, but was convicted for transportation to engage in prostitution. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Drake Laughs Off Fan For Labeling Him "Corny" In Viral Clip The fan brought up Drake's 2017 song, "Gyalchester," to argue that his lyrics are often "corny." By Cole Blake April 01, 2026