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Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit Amendment Attempts To Use "The Joe Budden Podcast" As Evidence Against Kendrick Lamar Drake updated his UMG lawsuit to claim Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl and Grammys appearances also defamed his character. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Lil Baby Shocks Fans With New Ink After Previously Dismissing Tattoos Lil Baby does have an upcoming album to roll out very soon, so maybe this is part of a big public image change. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Music Drake Cheekily References His Leaked Cade Cunningham Bars Cade Cunningham still hasn't reacted to this Drake leak, but fans hope this acknowledgement from the 6ix God previews new music coming soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Approves Of Fans Calling Out Jay-Z For TIDAL Deal Nicki Minaj has criticized Jay-Z a lot these days, ever since Lil Wayne was snubbed for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music K. Michelle Confirms She’s A Married Woman While Addressing Career Struggles Ahead Of Country Album K. Michelle has been fighting for acceptance from Country music before Beyoncé entered with Cowboy Carter. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 21, 2025
Music Takeoff's Alleged Murderer Gets Update On Next Court Date The case is moving at a slow pace. By Cole Blake January 20, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Unleashes On Jay-Z After Getting Roasted At The Grammys During the Grammy Awards, Trevor Noah made fun of Nicki Minaj for her recent support of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. By Cole Blake February 02, 2026
Music Kai Cenat & Drake Postpone Their Stream Together Much To The Chagrin Of Fans Kai Cenat bumped into Kendrick Lamar, Drake's rival, and SZA at this year's BET Award 2025 with Druski. Lamar shook Cenat's hand. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Reacts With Jubilation After Being Released Early From Federal Prison Pooh Shiesty had previously been convicted of firearms and drug trafficking charges. Last night, he was released from prison early. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2025
Music 6ix9ine's New Mugshot Surfaces Online As He Begins His Jail Sentence 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release, last year, and will be spending the next three months behind bars. By Cole Blake January 07, 2026
Music Pusha T & Travis Scott Beef, Unpacked Pusha T's issues with Travis Scott stem from the "Utopia" rollout, specifically the content of Drake's verse on "Meltdown." By Aron A. June 20, 2025
Music Pusha T Says He Didn’t Leak The Kanye West Text Message, But Knows Who Did Pusha T and Clipse addressed fallout with Kanye West on the song “So Be It.” Pusha and Ye’s friendship began on MDBTF. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 13, 2025