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Music Busta Rhymes Goes Off On TikToker Who Calls Him Tracy Morgan Busta Rhymes was furious when the content creator tried to mistake him for the comedian Tracy Morgan at Art Basel. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music What Happened To Dr Dre & Kendrick Lamar's "The Recipe" Music Video? "The Recipe," which wound up being a bonus cut, was the first promotional single for Kendrick Lamar's classic "good kid, m.A.A.d city." By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Top5 Buries The Hatchet With Hitta J3 And Calls Drake A Nail Polish Wearing Weirdo The move comes after Top5 posted a picture of Kendrick Lamar and praised his song, "Not Like Us," over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Top5 Says Drake Co-Signs Are Dead Top5 has been a staunch Drake defender, but he felt was deeply betrayed by his Toronto counterpart for knowingly showing love to his foe. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Nas & DJ Premier Share Tracklist For New Album, "Light-Years" Nas and DJ Premier's long-awaited collaborative album, "Light-Years," will mark the end of Mass Appeal's "Legend Has It..." series. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Method Man Reveals Why He Didn't Appear On Drake's "Wu-Tang Forever" Method Man says he still likes Drake and thinks that he's a "dope artist" despite turning down the song back in 2013. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music PlaqueBoyMax Responds To AlBee Al's Claim That He Doesn't Support New Jersey Artists PlaqueBoyMax was called out by New Jersey rapper AlBee Al on the "Joe Budden Podcast" for not giving proper love to artists from there. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Kehlani Reveals She Has Full Custody Of Her Daughter, Touches On Cult Allegations In the summer of 2024, Kehlani and ex-boyfriend Javie Young-White were in a heated custody battle over their now six-year-old daughter. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Gene Deal Claps Back At Misa Hylton For Calling Him Out Over New Diddy Documentary The back and forth comes in the wake of Netflix putting out the new documentary about Diddy, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Exposes Maino's Worst Outfits As Beef Intensifies Maino was upset with DJ Akademiks for joking about Fabolous' fashion choices during a recent livestream. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Drake's "Take Care" Experiences Strong Resurgence In Sales Amid "ICEMAN" Hype Drake's longevity is maybe the best the genre has ever seen, but if there's any doubt, this re-emergence in sales should silence that. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music A$AP Bari Responds To Video Of Him Allegedly Getting Jumped A$AP Bari was involved in yet another scuffle and reports say that he was the one getting jumped. However, he's calling cap on those "facts." By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025