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Music Travis Scott & Drake Are Right Behind Travis & Kendrick Lamar's RIAA Record Travis Scott and Drake's "SICKO MODE" just joined "God's Plan" and the Kendrick Lamar-assisted "goosebumps" as the RIAA's biggest rap songs. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 2.0K Views
Music 6ix9ine Makes Light Of King Von's Death While Recalling Shooting Video 6ix9ine claimed to DJ Vlad that people don't remember the tragic King Von shooting how it actually happened. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 2.8K Views
Music DJ Akademiks Thinks "ICEMAN" Isn't Drake's Last UMG Album After Lawsuit During an interview with DJ Vlad, DJ Akademiks addressed the rumor that UMG will let Drake go after "ICEMAN" and the defamation suit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 2.6K Views
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Spikes Up Charts After Drake Loses Lawsuit Many iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify users ran "Not Like Us" back as Drake prepares to appeal this decision over Kendrick Lamar's diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 4.2K Views
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 1.8K Views
Music Drake Wishes Adin Ross A Happy Birthday After Their "ICEMAN" Talks Adin Ross is one of Drake's best friends in the streamer space, and he will probably have some more scoops to share about Drizzy's next LP. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 1331 Views
Music Travis Scott Debunks Fan Who Claimed He Was Late To South Africa Concert Travis Scott performed for over 70,000 raucous fans in Johannesburg last night, although the scale of this show certainly impacted its prep. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 5.6K Views
Music Bhad Bhabie & 6ix9ine Feud Online Over Claims About Her Underage Rap Flings Bhad Bhabie asked "rat" 6ix9ine to stop speaking on her, whereas Tekashi brought up her allegedly abusive relationship with LeVaughn. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025 5.0K Views
Music Cardi B Apologizes For Telling Fans To Buy Her Album Amid NYC Rent Surge Maybe Cardi B's words and realizations here will inspire her next rollout to cater more explicitly to the United States' financial realities. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025 3.6K Views
Music Lil Woody Scolds Young Thug While Praising Offset For Working With Gunna YSL Woody has a love and hate dynamic with Young Thug. As for Gunna, he's found a new frequent Atlanta collaborator in Offset. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025 2.8K Views
Music Cardi B Blasts BIA For Using Her Pregnancy As An Excuse To Avoid Beef Cardi B already chose to leave BIA alone amid the release of her new album, but not before responding to her dismissive diss track reaction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025 4.6K Views
Music 6ix9ine Seemingly Justifies Paying For Nicki Minaj Collab To Go Number One 6ix9ine didn't explicitly confirm this claim about the 2020 Nicki Minaj collab "Trollz," but he didn't explicitly deny it either. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025 5.8K Views