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Music N.O.R.E Confirms Drake Will Not Appear On "Drink Champs" Yet N.O.R.E confirms that Drake will not be appearing on "Drink Champs," though he hasn't given up hope. By Mitch Findlay October 05, 2021
Music Kendrick Lamar And Tommy Richman Neck And Neck For Top Spot On Next Week's Hot 100 The race is still too close to call for next week's chart-topper. By Lavender Alexandria May 06, 2024
Relationships ASAP Rocky Teases “Don’t Be Dumb” At Puma Pop-Up, Rihanna Debuts Pink Hair The pop-up took place just in time for the Miami Grand Prix. By Caroline Fisher May 05, 2024
Sneakers Plies Hilariously Rants On Nike's "All White" Air Force 1 Low Plies takes to Instagram in an expletive-filled video. By Ben Atkinson May 03, 2024
Music T-Pain Credits Unexpected Rapper With Making Auto-Tune "Cool" T-Pain is the King of Auto-Tune, but he admitted that it took the efforts of other artists for his style to be embraced. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Drake Isn't Worried About Wack 100's Alleged Career-Ending Evidence Of Him Ordering A Hit Wack 100 previously asked Drake to reach out to him about the concerning flash drive during an episode of "No Jumper." By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music Joe Budden Warns Reason About What Could Happen If He Keeps Feuding With TDE Joe Budden isn't a fan of how Reason handled his departure from TDE, but understands the difficulty in dealing with labels. By Cole Blake March 02, 2025
Music DDG Doubles Down On Loyalty To Drake Over Kendrick Lamar DDG received backlash in early 2025 for his single father comments after the split from singer-actress Halle Bailey. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 05, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Calls Offset A “Rat” In Viral Interview Outside Of Jail Offset is recovering and doing "fine" after being shot at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida on Monday. By Cole Blake April 07, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Relates To Gucci Mane Allegedly Snitching On Pooh Shiesty DJ Akademiks said he might do the same thing Gucci Mane allegedly did regarding Pooh Shiesty's alleged kidnapping of him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2026
Music Chance The Rapper Wins Small Award In Victorious Case Against Ex-Manager The jury's verdict in Pat Corcoran's unpaid commissions case against Chance The Rapper did not subject either side to significant penalty. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music The Weeknd Performs Unreleased "Take Me Back To LA" At Mike Dean Show Fans are begging the musician to finally release the song. By Ben Mock March 02, 2024