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Music LSU Dance Team Goes Viral For Electric Kendrick Lamar-Inspired Routine LSU's Tiger Girls scored second place at a national competition thanks to their hip-hop routine set to a medley of Kendrick Lamar's hits. By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Music Finesse2Tymes Goes Off On Young Thug And Threatens To Fight Offset Finesse2Tymes took issue with Young Thug and Gunna's relationship, while threatening to fight Offset in two videos online. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Gives DJ Akademiks His Flowers Despite Drake Beef Given the difference in views that A$AP Rocky and DJ Akademiks have with Drake, seeing this collab is a bit eyebrow-raising. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Draws Good, Bad & Ugly Reactions To New Album "Don't Be Dumb" For an album as long-awaited as "Don't Be Dumb" and an artist as beef-riddled as A$AP Rocky these days, this divisive reaction was expected. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music North West Shares New Song Snippet Produced By Kanye West Amid North West's various new songs and snippets, plus her dad Kanye West's upcoming album "BULLY," the West family's very artistically busy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Rare Tupac Shakur Demo Tapes From His Teen Years Are Headed To Auction Hip-hop history hits the auction block. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
Music North West Ignites Debate With Latest Song Snippet 12-year-old North West continues to show off her musical abilities online, leaving social media users divided. By Caroline Fisher January 14, 2026
Music Daz Dillinger Asks For Fans’ Support Amid Kurupt’s Recovery By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026
Music Ebro Darden Speaks Out After Mero Lands Hot 97's New Morning Show The first episode of "Mornings With Mero" will air on Tuesday with subsequent episodes airing weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026
Music Kyrie Irving Shows Love To LaRussell By Purchasing His Album For $11,000 LaRussell set a big goal for himself to sell 100,000 copies of his upcoming album independently, and multiple celebs have been chipping in. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Joe Budden Confronts DJ Akademiks For Not Defending Him Against Adin Ross Joe Budden took strong issue with Adin Ross' Doechii criticisms, and DJ Akademiks explained why he's not checking Ross' Budden disses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Sports Snoop Dogg's Hilarious Reaction To Steve Kerr's Ejection Goes Viral Snoop Dogg joined Terry Gannon and Reggie Miller in the broadcast booth as officials tossed Steve Kerr from the game. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026