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Music 50 Cent Claims "Opening Act" Rick Ross Has No Hits Without Drake 50 Cent continued his Rick Ross onslaught by questioning the latter's catalog, and noting that he has to open for others. By Elias Andrews March 12, 2025
Music Drake Officially Returns To The Top 10 On Billboard Amid Kendrick Lamar's Dominance Drake's "NOKIA" recently topped the Apple Music charts for the first time, whereas Kendrick Lamar cinched another week atop Billboard. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 10, 2025
Music Tupac Shakur's Early Songs & Lyrics Up For Sale With A Staggering $250K Price Tag This follows other stories and discoveries concerning Tupac's career, such as an A&R's story about how 2Pac's album led to Eminem's rise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 09, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Alludes To Invasion Of Privacy In Cryptic Message Amid Concerns Of Alleged Health Issues It has been four years since Justin Bieber released new music. Fans have become worried about him following several fan encounters. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025
Pop Culture NYPD Detective Melissa Mercado Condemned For Pole Dancing In Rap Video New York listeners were shocked to discover a police officer was the love interest in an S-Quire music video. By Elias Andrews March 06, 2025
Music Kanye West Tries To Use Dave Blunts To Call Out Rolling Loud But Gets A Firm Response Bringing up Dave Blunts is just one of countless headline-grabbing posts Kanye West has made in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 06, 2025
Music Ray J Reveals Reasoning Behind His Infamous Fight With Diddy's Children Ray J discussed Diddy's highly-publicized upcoming criminal trial during an appearance on VladTV, earlier this week. By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Projected To Reclaim Number One Spot From Drake Kendrick Lamar's latest album has gotten second and third winds thanks to the rapper's Grammy wins and Super Bowl performance. By Elias Andrews March 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues To Pile On Joe Budden By Digging Up Grossly Uncomfortable Clip About Sexually Pleasing Pets 50 Cent is unrelenting whenever he has a beef with somebody, and it seems like Joe Budden never got the memo. By Zachary Horvath March 04, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Drugs Up Hype For New Single With Classic Lil Wayne Sample Sexyy Red just scored a major hit with Bruno Mars, and teased fans with a potential follow up based around a Weezy song. By Elias Andrews March 04, 2025
Music J Cole Is Up In The "cLOUDs" On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" also boasts new releases from Ray Vaughn, Masicka, Little Simz, Lil Tjay, TiaCorine, and REASON this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Asks Fans To Decide If He Should Diss PARTYNEXTDOOR Tory Lanez initially laughed off PND's diss, but now he's feeling some kind of way and asking fans what they want. By Elias Andrews February 28, 2025