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Music Mack Maine’s Son Dies At 20 After Seizure In a heartfelt Instagram post, Mack Maine calls fatherhood "one of the greatest gifts" he's ever received. By Caroline Fisher July 28, 2025
Music Waka Flocka Flame Gets The Crowd Jumping With Electric SeaWorld Set Several hip-hop artists have performed at SeaWorld in recent weeks, including Fat Joe, Baby Bash, Ying Yang Twins, and Soulja Boy. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Politics Azealia Banks Has A Shocking Defense For Donald Trump's Alleged Role In Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Donald Trump has been coming under fire for his failure to release files connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Curren$y Responds To Freddie Gibbs Diss On "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y fell out because the latter allegedly didn't promote their collab album like the former wanted him to. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music Drake Lets A Whole Arena Sing For Him During UK Tour Stop In Manchester Drake loves to do this with his crowds, and he's also been able to premiere new material while on his PARTYNEXTDOOR-assisted tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Poised To Have Solid Opening Sales Week For "DON'T TAP THE GLASS" Similar to "CHROMAKOPIA," Tyler The Creator had a shorter first sales week. But once again, it's not going to matter. By Zachary Horvath July 23, 2025
Sports YesJulz Hopes She Doesn't Get Roped Into Drake & LeBron James' Beef YesJulz's name has been tied to LeBron James for years and she prays that Drake doesn't decide to spread any more narratives. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025
Reviews Tyler, The Creator "DON'T TAP THE GLASS" Review Even though Tyler, The Creator is running it back rather than pushing it forward, "DON'T TAP THE GLASS" is nonetheless immediate and joyous. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 21, 2025
Music Clipse's New Album Leaps Over Travis Scott's "JACKBOYS 2" Atop Apple Music's Rap Chart Clipse and the JACKBOYS are linked not just by a release date, but also by a beef between Pusha T and Travis Scott. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music SZA Exposes Nicki Minaj's Text Messages As Feud Rages On SZA and Nicki Minaj's virla feud on social media continues into Wednesday night with more fiery posts on X. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Music Travis Scott Projected To Debut At No. 1 With "JACKBOYS 2" Despite Middling Reviews Travis Scott is also projected to massively outsell Clipse and Pusha T's "Let God Sort Em Out," the latter of which he's been beefing with. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Drake’s “What Did I Miss?” Makes Impressive Billboard Hot 100 Debut In Drake's latest single, he addresses the people who turned their backs on him amid his viral beef with Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher July 14, 2025