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Music Anthony Fantano Claims "ICEMAN" Is Dropping Tonight, And No One Believes Him Anthony Fantano had Twitter lit up on Wednesday night after making the claim that Drake's "ICEMAN" was dropping on Friday. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music Jay Electronica Maintains Unwavering Support For Diddy Despite Conviction Diddy has lost countless supporters and friends since his conviction, but Jay Electronica is still in his corner. By Caroline Fisher April 15, 2026
Music Wack 100 Claims NBA YoungBoy Won’t “Pull A Lil Durk” Over Ben10 NBA Ben10 was recently shot at a restaurant in Houston after a fight allegedly broke out over some chains. By Caroline Fisher April 14, 2026
Sports DJ Akademiks Rips J Cole Apart For His Rough CBA Debut DJ Akademiks has been hypercritical of J Cole lately and he's especially not holding back after a rough debut in the CBA. By Zachary Horvath April 12, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Lil Tjay After He Got Slapped By Jack Doherty Even though Lil Tjay and Jack Doherty may have arranged this fight on a livestream, 6ix9ine is happy to uphold the kayfabe and troll his opp. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2026
Music Prosecutors In Lil Durk's Case Want To Hear Grand Jury Testimony Before Trial Lil Durk's lawyers reportedly did not object to this motion from prosecutors, and both sides would be able to review grand jury testimony. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2026
Sports Tristan Thompson Admits He's Trying To Mend LeBron James & Drake's Friendship Years after becoming one of sports and music's closest friendships, LeBron James and Drake may have an unlikely peacemaker in Tristan Thompson. By Erika Marie July 02, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Appears At Michael Rubin's White Party Just One Day After Canceling Maine Show After bailing on his Maine show on Tuesday, Lil Wayne found himself partying with Michael Rubin on Wednesday. By Alexander Cole July 02, 2026
Music Willie Taylor Claims Day26 Would've "Smoked" B2K & Pretty Ricky In Verzuz Although Pretty Ricky came out on top against B2K in their Verzuz last night, Day26's Willie Taylor thinks they dodged the real bullet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 26, 2026
TV Gunna Hilariously Ignores Clavicular During Paris Fashion Week Gunna was at Paris Fashion Week, and was eventually spotted by streamer Clavicular, who got ignored in hilarious fashion. By Alexander Cole June 24, 2026
Music Tony Buzbee's Lawsuits Against Jay-Z's Roc Nation Have Been Dismissed Tony Buzbee and Jay-Z's legal battle is starting on the verge of collapsing after a judge in Texas struck down Buzbee's lawsuits. By Alexander Cole June 23, 2026
Sports New York Knicks Championship Parade Features A Hip-Hop Float With Numerous Legends The New York Knicks are NBA champions and hip-hop is celebrating the occasion with its very own parade float. By Alexander Cole June 18, 2026