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Music Drake's Wireless Festival Performances Featured Lauryn Hill, 21 Savage, Skepta & Countless More Guests Drake's star-studded Wireless Festival performances came as he continues to work on his new album, "Iceman." By Cole Blake July 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Has Been Effectively Blacklisted From Performing In Europe Kanye West has given a couple of recent performances in Asia and previewed other planned concerts in Central Europe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Pete Rock Reveals Why He Stopped Working With CL Smooth The duo had their ups and downs. By Elias Andrews June 03, 2024
Music Little Brother Announce "Curtain Call: The Final Tour" And Say Goodbye To The Road Little Brother will hit the road one last time starting on May 24 in Baltimore before wrapping up their final tour on open water in October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 07, 2025
Music Police Release 911 Call From Young Scooter's Death Young Scooter died on Friday after a run-in with police officers in Atlanta who had been responding to a newly released 911 call. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Music Kanye West Wears Black KKK Outfit During Wild DJ Akademiks Interview During his interview with DJ Akademiks, Kanye West discussed Diddy, Kendrick Lamar and Drake's feud, Playboi Carti, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025
Music Yeat Revitalizes A Drake Classic On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update This week's "Fire Emoji" playlist update is led by Yeat, Quavo, Takeoff, Westside Gunn, Doechii, Lil Tjay, and 42 Dugg. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music New Footage Shows Lefty Gunplay In Custody After Arrest In Texas Lefty Gunplay, rising West Coast rapper, was arrested earlier today on a handful of offenses per multiple reports. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Pop Culture Diddy’s Twin Daughters Share Touching Message For The Late Kim Porter On Mother’s Day According to Diddy's twin daughters D'Lila and Jessie Combs, the past few years have been "extremely difficult" without their mother. By Caroline Fisher May 11, 2025
Music Key Glock Explains Why He's Hesitant To Release Posthumous Young Dolph Collabs Key Glock has enough material for another Young Dolph collab tape, but told Cam Newton their Paper Route Empire days are painful to relive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Politics Kanye West Explains “White Lives Matter” Stunt In New Documentary Clip The new documentary about Kanye West from director Nico Ballesteros, "In Whose Name?," hit theaters on Friday. By Cole Blake September 22, 2025
Music Memo600 Claims He'd Refuse $1 Million From Gunna Over Snitching Allegations Gunna has dealt with various allegations of snitching since taking a plea deal in the YSL RICO case back in 2022. By Cole Blake September 22, 2025