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Music 21 Savage Inspires Various Hip-Hop Artists To Condemn "The Streets" Pooh Shiesty, YFN Lucci, and G Herbo are the latest rappers to follow 21 Savage's lead and seemingly leave "the streets" behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Music YouTube Explains Decision To Pull Streaming Data From Billboard Charts According to Lyor Cohen, Billboard's recent rule change "doesn't reflect how fans engage with music today." By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Minnesota Rapper Flexes Boddy Shmurda's Alleged Ring Following Late-Night Brawl Bobby Shmurda was involved in a massive brawl in Minnesota over the weekend while performing at a nightclub. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Kay Flock Sentenced To Three Decades In Prison In March of this year, New York rapper Kay Flock was convicted of racketeering and attempted murder charges. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music Peter Rosenberg Jokes That Ebro Should Sue Drake Over “Threatening” DMs Recently, Ebro Darden leaked some of his DMs with Drake on his new show with Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music The Weeknd Secures Forward-Thinking Catalog Partnership In The Billions The Weeknd continues to make big money moves and this latest one is also pretty innovative and could be the future. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Blasts "Punk" Peter Rosenberg After Cancelation Of "Ebro In The Morning" Peter Rosenberg fired back at DJ Vlad on X (formerly Twitter) for the remarks, but has since deleted the post. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Drake Needs To Drop "Heat" After New 21 Savage Collab It seems like Drake and 21 Savage's "MR RECOUP" off of 21's new album "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" did not impress Joe Budden. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music 50 Cent Promises New Details Of Diddy’s Child With 2Pac’s Ex, Never-Before-Seen Footage According to 50 Cent, he still has plenty of dirt on Diddy that didn't make it into "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Lyrics About Drake Are Aging Like Fine Wine Amid Top5 Beef Top5 has been furious with Drake for promoting Pressa's new album, "Press Machine II," on his Instagram Story By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Wale Reflects On Distance With Drake And Painful Kid Cudi Fallout Wale spoke candidly and earnestly about his industry relationships with Kid Cudi and Drake amid the release of his new album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Clipse Hilariously Refuse To Acknowledge Other Rap Songs From This Year Pusha T and Malice return to Reddit for a new AMA, where they refuse to acknowledge other rap songs released this year. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025