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Music Pharrell Seemingly Clowns Kanye West For Peeing On His Grammy Pharrell launched this apparent Kanye West jab during an interview with Billboard alongside Clipse for their new album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music O'Shea Jackson Jr. Calls Drake's Janice Parties A "Trap" Drake is hosting parties for women named Janice in the wake of his "Janice STFU" hit, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. couldn't help but joke about it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026
Music Wale Recalls Opening Up To J. Cole The Night Before "False Prophets" Dropped Wale discussed his relationship with J. Cole during an appearance on "The Breakfast Club" on Tuesday morning. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Writes Letter To Judge In Tay Keith's Unpaid Royalties Case Sexyy Red and Tay Keith's camps both indicated the dispute over Keith not receiving royalties for their collaborations is almost resolved. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2026
Music Kai Cenat Reveals His Favorite Song From Drake's "ICEMAN" Drake and Kai Cenat haven't linked up in a while, but the streamer still has love for the rapper amid his content break. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2026
Music Stephen A Smith Mistakenly Refers To Christian Kirk As "Charlie Kirk" Stephen A Smith was discussing Christian Kirk's performance in the Houston Texans' 30-6 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. By Cole Blake January 13, 2026
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Announce Release Date For Collab Album "Abi & Alan" The Alchemist and Erykah Badu's collaboration has drawn some controversy, but fans are still very excited for what they have in store. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Wu-Tang Clan’s Mythical Album “Once Upon A Time In Shaolin” Finally Has Its Sale Price Revealed The Department of Justice recently revealed how much the seized Wu-Tang Clan album went for when a NFT company purchased it in 2021. By Devin Morton July 20, 2025
Music J. Cole Adds Even More Dates For "The Fall-Off" World Tour J. Cole is hitting the road after dropping his seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off," earlier this month. By Cole Blake February 17, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Goes At Joe Budden For Validating Botting Claims Against Drake DJ Akademiks spoke on Joe Budden and other media figures not scrutinizing the various lawsuits against Drake and Stake enough. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2026
Music Cardi B Implies That Jay-Z Approved Of Her New Single "Imaginary Players" Cardi B will be dropping "Imaginary Players" as the second single from her upcoming sophomore album, "Am I the Drama?" By Cole Blake August 13, 2025
Music Diddy Seen Working In Fort Dix's Media Library In First Prison Videos Although Diddy has allegedly gotten into trouble behind bars, he does not seem very perturbed or downtrodden in these first videos from jail. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025