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Music Drake Previews New Music At His 38th Birthday Bash: Watch Reportedly, one of the songs Drake teased is called "Plot Twist." By Caroline Fisher October 24, 2024
Music A Tribe Called Quest Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame In Touching Ceremony Queen Latifah, De La Soul, The Roots, Common, Busta Rhymes, and Spliff Star performed a medley of their hits. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 20, 2024
Music Pi'erre Bourne Admits That "Made In Paris" Album Delay Is His Fault The producer owned up. By Elias Andrews October 17, 2024
Sports Jay-Z’s NFL Partnership Will Continue Despite Super Bowl 2025 Backlash NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell describes his relationship with Jay-Z as "mutually positive." By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2024
Music Yak Gotti To Be Released From Jail After Three Years Reportedly, Yak Gotti pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and was sentenced to 12 years, nine months to serve with credit for time served. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Explains How He Baited Lil Durk Into Going To Jail 6ix9ine continuously told Lil Durk to "slide for Von" and now, the rapper wants to take credit for Durk's arrest. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2025
Music Strange Music CEO Believes Suge Knight's Harsh Decisions Were "Necessary" As Death Row Boss Travis O'Guin believes some of the tall tales around Suge Knight's ruthless Death Row management often get "blown out of proportion." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Labels Doechii An "Alien" While Showering Her With Praise Tyler The Creator and Doechii have been fans of each other's work for a while, with Tyler even bringing her out on the "Chromakopia Tour." By Cole Blake March 30, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Performance Earns FCC Complaints From Drake Fans & More The FCC got 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show, over 100 about Rihanna's, and over 1300 about Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's. By Caroline Fisher March 26, 2025
Music 50 Cent Weighs In As Lil Meech Claps Back At Michael Rainey Jr.'s Sympathy Comments 50 Cent is usually in the thick of his feuds, but in this case, he's sitting back and watching Michael Rainey Jr. do his work for him. By Zachary Horvath March 25, 2025
Politics Elon Musk Taunts Snoop Dogg For Crypto Ball Performance In Celebration Of Donald Trump Elon Musk called out Snoop Dogg for the performance. By Cole Blake January 20, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Seemingly Retracts His Claims That Drake Helped LeBron James Cheat Ak is pumping the brakes on this narrative. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 17, 2025