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Music Drake, Yeat, & Julia Wolf's "Dog House" Has Strong Spotify Opening Day Drake, Yeat, and Julia Wolf's "DOG HOUSE" was the most-streamed rap song of the day when it dropped, a potentially encouraging sign. By Devin Morton September 14, 2025
Music Young Thug Claims Lil Baby Won’t Pick Up His Calls In Apology Letter To His Closest Friends Young Thug’s leaked jail calls have disrupted his friendships with fellow rap superstars such as Future, Migos, Drake, and GloRilla. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Music Cardi B Claims She Declined An Opportunity To Perform At The Super Bowl Cardi B is a superstar, but she feels she wasn't totally qualified for the role of Super Bowl Halftime performer. By Zachary Horvath September 08, 2025
Music Mariah Carey Receives Storied Video Vanguard Award And Performs Medley Of Hits At VMAs Mariah Carey was celebrated like the true icon she is at the VMAs and reciprocated by putting on a stunning performance to boot. By Zachary Horvath September 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Asks Forgiveness For RICO, Snitching Debate & Jail Call Leak Drama After Young Thug's Big Bank interview addressing snitching allegations and jail call leaks, he hopes to move on... Hopefully into the studio. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 07, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Announces He's Releasing A Memoir Soon 2 Chainz has had a big 2025 highlighted by a collab album with Larry June and The Alchemist, as well as an upcoming short film. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator's "Cherry Bomb" Re-Enters The Billboard 200's Top 10 After Anniversary Reissue Tyler The Creator's "Cherry Bomb" turned 10 this year and the reissue gave it a massive bump in sales on this week's Billboard 200. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025
Music Diddy’s Ex-Employee Alleges He Set Up Hotel Rooms With “Freak Off” Essentials Diddy's long-awaited sex trafficking trial continued today, and his former employee George Kaplan took the stand. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Music Hitta J3 Challenges Joey Bada$$ To Respond Once Again On "HEADSHOT" The Joey Bada$$ beef seems to be settling down finally, but HItta J3 is still looking to get active on the mic. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Rod Wave's Attorneys Allege He Was The Victim Of A Burglary Rod Wave was arrested yesterday, May 21, in Fulton County and was hit with 14 felony counts. However, he's since posted bond. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Rod Wave Arrested In Atlanta On Assault And Gun Charges Rod Wave has reportedly been released from police custody since getting arrested yesterday on 13 felony counts. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Music Hitta J3 Joins The Joey Bada$$ Rap Battle As He Raps Over Iconic Kendrick Lamar Beat Joey Bada$$ started a hip-hop world war of sorts in January and it's got everyone from the West popping out to prove their worth. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025