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Music Hip-Hop Seeing Its Lowest Number Of Entries On The Daily Spotify Global Chart Hip-hop has seen its fair share of standout albums in 2025, but there has been a lack of steady commercial hits. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2025
Music Jay-Z & Roc Nation's NYC Casino Bid Shot Down By Advisory Committee President of the Broadway League Jason Laks called the vote against Jay-Z and Roc Nation's casino bid one to "protect the magic of Broadway." By Caroline Fisher September 17, 2025
Music Cardi B Encounters Giant Rat While Roaming NYC Subway To Promote "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B also popped out to the Alexander Wang New York Fashion Week show with her daughter Kulture earlier this week. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music Judge Accused Of Trying To Sway Case Tied To Meek Mill Associate In New Complaint Philadelphia judge Scott DiClaudio was named in a formal misconduct complaint filed by the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board this week. By Caroline Fisher September 10, 2025
Music Offset & JID Team Up With Drowning Pool For Fiery Live Rendition Of “Bodies” In addition to JID, Offset's third studio album "KIARI" features John Legend, NBA YoungBoy, Gunna, and more. By Caroline Fisher September 09, 2025
Music Ice Spice Refuses To Call Taylor Swift On Stream Despite Kai Cenat's Desperate Pleas Ice Spice and Taylor Swift have been friends since collaborating on a remix to the song, "Karma," back in 2023. By Cole Blake September 08, 2025
Music Wack 100 Suggests That He's Been The One Leaking Young Thug's Jail Calls The internet has been wondering who's been leaking these Young Thug jail calls and it seems like Wack 100 may have just blown his cover. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Cardi B Drops Courtroom Editions Of "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B won her civil lawsuit against Emani Ellis, a former security guard who worked at a medical facility in Beverly Hills. By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Links Up With Lul Timm At NBA YoungBoy Show DJ Akademiks was in attendance as NBA YoungBoy kicked off his highly anticipated "MASA Tour (Make America Slime Again)." By Cole Blake September 03, 2025
Music Tupac Shakur's Brother Mopreme Blasts Drake For Chain Purchase Drake's purchase of Tupac's presumed Death Row chain has also come under scrutiny from various other West Coast individuals. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 01, 2025
Music Rihanna Celebrates 20 Years In Music With Touching Tribute Rihanna has become one of the most successful musicians and entrepreneurs of our time and she decided to celebrate by thanking everyone. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025
Pop Culture Drake Reveals "Degrassi" Led To One Of His First Kisses Drake had his rise to fame during a successful run on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" in which he played Jimmy Brooks for eight years. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025