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Music All Four Suspects In Foolio Murder Trial Found Guilty This is the second trial for the murder of Foolio, as a fifth suspect, Alicia Andrews, was previously convicted on manslaughter charges. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2026
Music Drake's Spotify Dominance Reaches New Heights Ahead Of "ICEMAN" Drake is dropping "ICEMAN" in 11 days from now, and his Spotify numbers continue to dazzle even his biggest haters. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Music Drake's Toronto Music Video Shoot Sparks Tour Rumors For "ICEMAN" Drake rode around the city in a truck carrying ice blocks last night to film a music video for his new album "ICEMAN," which comes out soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music North West Affirms Her Love For Jesus Despite Her "Dark" Aesthetic North West has been putting out gritty new music and donning eye-catching fashion, but she doesn't think that impedes on her religious views. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Drake, Adin Ross & DJ Akademiks Hit With Gambling Suit For "Inflicting Harm" This New Jersey lawsuit makes similar claims against Drake, Stake, and Adin Ross as previous lawsuits, with this one roping DJ Akademiks in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2026
Music Drake Has Bars For Kendrick Lamar On New Single "What Did I Miss?" Drake surprised fans with an "Iceman" livestream this evening, and it just so happened to contain a new song with some bars aimed at Kendrick Lamar. By Alexander Cole July 04, 2025
Music Kay Flock Found Guilty In RICO Case And Subjected To Possible Life Sentence Kay Flock has been in custody since December of 2021, when he turned himself in for the murder of Hwascar Hernandez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Yella Beezy Speaks Out After Picture Of Him With G$ Lil Ronnie's Murder Suspect Surfaces G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter were both gunned down at Slappy’s Express Car Wash in Forest Hill, Texas on Monday morning. By Cole Blake March 06, 2025
Music Vory Staunchly Defends Bryson Tiller Against Top5 After Scathing Disses Top5 started this fight by clapping back at Bryson Tiller's comments on a video about T-Pain's private flight expenses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Fuels Gio Ramos Dating Rumors With $60K Luxury Gift Amid demands for his eagerly anticipated album "I AM MUSIC," it looks like Playboi Carti could be focused on something else entirely. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2025
Sports Kanye West Recalls Bizarre Story About Spending The Day Kobe Bryant Died At Kylie Jenner's House Kanye West previously changed the title of his upcoming album from "WW3" to "Cuck" after dropping the song, "Cousin." By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music Ken Carson Seems To Confirm A Young Thug Collab Amid "UY SCUTI" Hype This would mark Ken Carson and Young Thug's first official collab, although the Opium MC teased material advocating for Thugger in the past. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025