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Music DJ Akademiks Claims Playboi Carti's Label Is "Confused" By Album Rollout Playboi Carti promised fans that an album would drop before March 12, 2025. We're one week out without any updates. By Elias Andrews March 05, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Fuels Gio Ramos Dating Rumors With $60K Luxury Gift Amid demands for his eagerly anticipated album "I AM MUSIC," it looks like Playboi Carti could be focused on something else entirely. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2025
Music Cam’ron Recalls Katt Williams' Shocking Fight That Ruined His Relationship With Dipset When Katt Williams wanted to try his hand at rapping, he joined Dipset, but Cam'ron says it didn't last long. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2025
Music Drake And PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U" Receives Official First Week Sales Figures It's a glass half full/half empty situation. By Elias Andrews February 21, 2025
Tech TDE Curates Stacked Roster Of Tracks For Season Six NBA 2K25 Soundtrack Every time NBA 2K25 brings in a new season, more songs are added to the original soundtrack and TDE got the nod this time through. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music J Cole Recalls Nerve-Racking Moment He Had To Record A Verse In Front Of Jay-Z & Beyonce J Cole took fans back to 2009 with a performance of his verse on Jay-Z's classic "The Blueprint 3" track, "A Star Is Born." By Cole Blake April 07, 2025
Music DDG Reveals He Made More Money In 30 Days Of Streaming Than From His Entire Record Deal DDG discussed the financial side of his streaming career as well as his record contract at ComplexCon on Sunday. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Streetwear Drake Cozies Up To Johnny Manziel, Leading To Jokes About His Sexuality Folks on social media have always clowned Drake for his fashion choices, but they might all shut up when "ICEMAN" hopefully drops soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 24, 2025
Music Drake Makes Surprise Stop At Toronto Elementary School To Support Adonis At Soccer Game Drake recently took a break from the rollout of his upcoming album "ICEMAN" to show his seven-year-old son some love. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Colombia Concert Cancelation Gets An Explanation Many fans came to wild conclusions as to why Kendrick Lamar's Bogotá concert was canceled, although we doubt this will slow the haters down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 28, 2025
Music Remy Ma Name-Drops Nicki Minaj On New "Alimony" EP Many Remy Ma fans focused on the Papoose dynamic represented by "Alimony," but she made sure to reference the infamous Nicki Minaj beef too. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Meek Mill Finally Blocked Him On Instagram DJ Akademiks and Meek Mill remain embroiled in a heated beef, but as it turns out, Meek has opted to protect his peace. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2026