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Music Ian Connor Shares Alleged Texts From Drake About Young Thug Jail Visit Drake and Young Thug are believed to be close friends, but it seems that their relationship could be in some trouble. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Tech Meek Mill Claims He's Developing An AI Tool That "Can Change The World" Meek Mill has received a lot of criticism for a multitude of reasons and now he's receiving even more backlash for dabbling in AI. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Officially Drops Ruthless 50 Cent Diss Track "Hey Curtis" Dave Blunts and 50 Cent clashed over the latter's criticism of Kanye West for attending the Diddy trial, but things quickly devolved. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2025
Music DDG Gets Swatted During Paintball Tournament DDG addressed his swatting experience during a recent livestream, warning that there could be serious consequences for those responsible. By Caroline Fisher August 11, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Receives First-Week Sales Projections For “MASA” Just months after getting pardoned by Donald Trump, NBA YoungBoy dropped his eighth studio album, "MASA (Make America Slime Again)." By Caroline Fisher July 30, 2025
Music Travis Scott Shows Love To Justin Bieber's "SWAG" After Sales Showdown In contrast to La Flame and the new Clipse album, Travis Scott and Justin Bieber's chart debuts did not have any contextual beef behind them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 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
Music Sexyy Red Shuts Down Justin Bieber Rumors After Video Of Them Dancing On Each Other Justin Bieber shared the Instagram post with Sexyy Red after dropping his latest album, "Swag," on Friday. By Cole Blake July 14, 2025
Music Travis Scott's "JACKBOYS 2" Surpasses Clipse On Apple Music Amid Pusha T Beef Neither Clipse nor Travis Scott are ahead of Justin Bieber's new album "SWAG" on Apple Music, so at least they have something in common. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Bronx Rapper Suave Drilly Murdered Outside Of Parole Office 27-year-old rapper Suave Drilly was reportedly shot and killed in the South Bronx earlier this week. Police still haven't made any arrests. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Reviews Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Distill Two Masterpieces Into "Alfredo: The Tour": Concert Review Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist brought their "Alfredo" tour to Brooklyn in an expertly crafted outing by two of the best in the game. By Devin Morton September 27, 2025
Music Drake Reacts To Kendrick Lamar Fan Account Being Exposed For Posting From India X (formerly Twitter) has begun implementing a feature to reveal where accounts are posting from and it's led to plenty of drama. By Cole Blake November 25, 2025