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Music Kanye West Wants Drake To Speak At His Funeral Kanye West surprisingly showed love to Drake on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, despite their up-and-down relationship. By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claps Back At Charlamagne Tha God For Taunting Him Over His Drake Coverage Drake and iHeartMedia have since reached an "amicable resolution" in their legal dispute as the Toronto rapper continues going after UMG. By Cole Blake March 04, 2025
Music Angie Stone's Family Is Planning Massive Public Memorial For The Legendary Singer Angie Stone's family previously confirmed that she died in a car crash on Saturday morning at the age of 63. By Cole Blake March 04, 2025
Pop Culture Oscars Writer Behind Conan O’Brien's Viral Drake & Kendrick Lamar "Pedophile" Joke Speaks Out Drake wasn't even able to watch the Oscars in peace without a joke about his feud with Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake March 03, 2025
Music Fridayy Triumphs Through Highs & Lows On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update The rest of our "R&B Season" playlist update this week comes from Alex Isley, Lithe, Johnny Venus, and 6LACK. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Music Akademiks Reacts To "Her Loss" Cover Model Suki Baby's Love For Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Big AK comes to Drake's defense about Suki's love for Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul November 30, 2024
Music J Cole Claims That Jay-Z Once Told Drake To Give Cole A Hit Single This must've been awkward... By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Sees Huge Sales Increase Amid Drake & UMG’s Legal Battle It's a good week for Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher November 29, 2024
Music Drake Alleges "NFR Podcast" Was Paid To Cover Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Historically, the Canadian-based podcasters are known as some of Drake's biggest supporters. By Zachary Horvath November 26, 2024
Music Charlamagne Tha God, Mustard And More Clown Drake For UMG Petition Another social media L for Drizzy. By Elias Andrews November 25, 2024
Music Lil Wayne Warns He Will "Destroy If Disturbed" After Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Lyric Lil Wayne would prefer to take the peaceful route. By Cole Blake November 23, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Fans Unearth Heartfelt Meaning Behind New Album Title It harkens back to his family. By Elias Andrews November 23, 2024