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Music Ty Dolla Sign's Fans Are Confused After "Tycoon" Fails To Chart On The Billboard 200 Ty Dolla Sign teamed up with Quavo, Juicy J, A$AP Rocky, Young Thug, and many more artists on his new album, "Tycoon." By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Mother Of Lil Durk's First Two Kids Mourns Passing Of THF Bayzoo THF Bayzoo passed away this past weekend, with reports saying he was shot in a Chicago neighborhood by two unidentified men. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music 50 Cent Confidently Defends Controversial Use Of AI Remixes As Backlash Erupts 50 Cent previously shared AI-generated remixes of several of his hit songs, sparking backlash from fans online. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Fans Think The Joe Budden Podcast Is Now Censoring Melyssa Ford's Name Melyssa Ford's departure from "The Joe Budden Podcast" is riddled with question marks, but it seems it didn't end on amicable terms. By Zachary Horvath October 24, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Responds To Drake's Claim That They Might Be Cousins Drake and BenDaDonnn were having an argument about Memphis during a recent livestream, and they wanted Pooh Shiesty to settle the score. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2025
Pop Culture SZA Spreads Holiday Cheer Over Jake Paul & Andrew Tate's Boxing Losses Jake Paul and Andrew Tate had boxing matches in back-to-back nights last weekend, both losing soundly which is music to SZA's ears. By Zachary Horvath December 24, 2025
Music Fivio Foreign Shockingly Agrees With 6ix9ine Over "F**k The Streets" Tweets 21 Savage, Young Thug, and many more are proclaiming "f**k the streets" so divisively that even Fivio Foreign and 6ix9ine are aligning. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 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 Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 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 Kendrick Lamar Brings Out ScHoolboy Q For Nostalgic Performance Of "Collard Greens" Kendrick Lamar closed his "Grand National" world tour with a heartwarming bang in Sydney by bringing out an old friend from TDE. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Ja Rule Threatens To Expose 50 Cent’s Problematic Past In New Documentary Ja Rule continues to go after 50 Cent following the release of Netflix's new Diddy docuseries, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025