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Music Spotify Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Billions Of Drake's Streams Came From Bots The lawsuit alleges there to be “voluminous information” proving Drake is benefiting from fake streams on Spotify. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle Jack Harlow's new album "Monica" dominated the timeline for his "got Blacker" comments, but that's not translating to commercial performance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Young Thug Meets With The Same Rabbi Kanye West Apologized To It's unclear why Young Thug met up with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, but Kanye West's conversation with him gave fans some possible ideas. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music Travis Scott Delivers Exciting Update On Progress Of Next Solo Album Travis Scott has been dropping little teasers here and there over the last couple of months and it seems we may need to ready ourselves. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Music Dawn Richard Claims Diddy Kept Threatening Her Even While In Prison Dawn Richard's latest allegations stem from her lawsuit alleging that Diddy abused her and withheld pay for her work. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music Shenseea And DDG Set Off Dating Rumors After Linking Up In Nigeria More dating rumors to start the year. By Tallie Spencer January 08, 2026
Music Meek Mill Goes Off About Today’s Overproduced “Bubblegum Rap” Recently, Meek Mill took to social media to share his thoughts on music with "no meaning," confirming that he's not a fan. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Music Coi Leray Says Producers Are Ruining Rap Right Now A question about what is hurting Rap albums led Coi Leray to call out detached production and a lack of real collaboration. By Erika Marie August 13, 2026
Music Rick Ross Tries To Downplay 50 Cent's Success With Verzuz & G-Unit Reeboks Rick Ross is trying to troll amid 50 Cent's Verzuz pop-out and his G-Unit Reebok relaunch selling out quick. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2026
Music Jay-Z Supposedly Congratulated Kendrick Lamar On Breaking His Grammys Record While Fat Joe shared this piece of news, he also appeared to give Kendrick Lamar a backhanded compliment in the process. By Zachary Horvath February 05, 2026
Relationships Rihanna Appears To Throw Shots At Drake While Dancing On A$AP Rocky Rihanna fires back. By Aron A. August 05, 2026
Music Peysoh Reportedly Arrested On Unknown Charges Several associates of Peysoh appeared to confirm the news on social media, but no further details are available. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025