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Music How Chief Keef Spearheaded The Drill Movement Explore Chief Keef's role in pioneering drill music, a hip-hop subgenre that shaped contemporary rap with its gritty beats and street tales. By Ashley Turner May 31, 2024
Music Offset Shares Why Gunna Is His Favorite Artist To Work With Offset and Gunna have been tapped in with another a lot this decade and the two have another collab on Offset's "KIARI" as well. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music Proof's Estate Finally Controls His Music, Confirms Two New Tracks On Eminem "STANS" Soundtrack The family of the late Proof finally got control of his music. Fans now have his older work and some unreleased songs to look forward to. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Has Solid First Week Sales Projections For New Album "STAR LINE" Chance The Rapper's latest independent release is yet another testament to his connection with fans and his work ethic. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2025
Music Drake’s Kick Channel Vanishes After Slamming Co-Founders, Leaving Adin Ross In Shambles Earlier this week, Drake went on a fiery rant about Kick co-founders Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven, claiming they want "smoke" with OVO. By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music Consequence Slams “Liar” Pusha T Again After Exposing Alleged Kanye West Texts Recently, Consequence accused Pusha T of stabbing Kanye West in the back for "clout" after sharing their alleged texts. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Original Content Metro Boomin's 11 Most Iconic Beats Of The 2020s... So Far Metro Boomin has long been one of hip-hop's most in-demand producers. These are some of the most iconic beats he's made so far this decade. By Devin Morton August 15, 2025
Music Cardi B's Copyright Lawsuit Might Affect The Tracklist For New Album "Am I The Drama?" Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar sued Cardi B for allegedly copying elements from their track for her 2024 single, "Enough (Miami)." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Relationships 50 Cent Uses NBA YoungBoy & Yaya Mayweather Drama To Troll Floyd Mayweather NBA YoungBoy said that Yaya Mayweather is pregnant again on his song, "This Month Confessions," but she denied the claim. By Cole Blake August 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Unveils A List Of High-Profile Women That Have Allegedly Slept With Offset DJ Akademiks has provided extensive reports on Cardi B and Offset’s relationship from dating to marriage to the divorce announcement. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 07, 2025
Music Drake's Latest Duck Face Selfies Have The Internet Cracking Up Drake's go-to selfie pose made a return to his Instagram last night and once again his fans are both laughing and a tad annoyed. By Zachary Horvath January 26, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Wishes Death On Lil Baby’s Family, Claims Next Album Will Be “Garbage” Lil Baby has yet to respond to DJ Akademiks, who has been trashing him all over social media since Sunday night. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026