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Sports Kendrick Lamar Reclaims Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Record Despite the update, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show remains one of the most popular performances of all time. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
Music Tony Yayo Breaks Down How His Fight With Ja Rule Started A video of Ja Rule and Tony Yayo confronting each other on a plane went viral on social media, earlier this week. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
Music Is Kendrick Lamar Featured On Baby Keem's New Album "Ca$ino?" Baby Keem has finally announced his second studio album, "Ca$ino," which will be releasing later this month. By Cole Blake February 10, 2026
Music J. Cole Clarifies Whether Or Not He Is Really Retired J. Cole says he'll still be working on music in other capacities despite planning to retire after "The Fall-Off." By Cole Blake February 10, 2026
Music 50 Cent Calls Diddy His "Favorite Villain" While Denying Any Personal Beef 50 Cent executive produced the "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" docuseries about Diddy, which the Bad Boy mogul is not very happy about. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Shares Surprising Weight Loss Plans For Three-Month Prison Sentence Tekashi 6ix9ine reacted to his three-month prison sentence for probation violations after pleading with the judge about his stressful life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Summer Walker Loves Plastic Surgery, Says She Wanted Rib Removed Summer Walker is sparking some deep concern amongst her fan base after revealing how much work she's gotten done recently. By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Music 50 Cent Alleges Producer Of "Skillhouse" Movie Damaged His Reputation In New Lawsuit 50 Cent and producer of "Skillhouse," Ryan Kavanaugh, have been going at it legally this year, with the former now sending in another filing. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Reacts To Taylor Swift Showing Love To GloRilla Collab Taylor Swift recently shared a clip featuring GloRilla and Sexyy Red's new track, "WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME." By Caroline Fisher October 19, 2024
Music Nelly Fans Express Concern For Him After Alleged Drowsiness During Concert Are fans just overreacting or is something going on? By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2024
Music Kanye West’s “DONDA 2” First-Week Sales Revealed Earlier this week, Kanye West's album "Donda 2" hit streaming services for the first time, with a few changes. By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Predicts If Kendrick Lamar Will Topple Drake's Highest-Grossing Rap Tour Record DJ Akademiks' Kendrick Lamar and SZA prediction concerns Drake's "It's All A Blur" tour with 21 Savage, which reportedly grossed $320 million. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025