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Music Lawsuit Accusing Spotify Of Fabricating Drake's Streams Has Been Dismissed This is a separate lawsuit to the one from RBX, who also accused Spotify of boosting Drake's streams on the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music AllStar JR Arrested In Connection With NBA Ben 10 Shooting: Everything We Know AllStar JR taunted NBA Ben 10 after Ben was shot in Houston over an alleged jumping, and J Prince Jr. is also in the mix. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Yungeen Ace's Diss Tracks Played During Foolio's Murder Trial Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy, and Rashad Murphy are facing first-degree murder charges for the death of Julio Foolio. By Cole Blake April 22, 2026
Music Kanye West Adds Ms. Lauryn Hill & Don Toliver To Re-Mixed "BULLY" Deluxe Kanye West dropped a new solo song, a new Don Toliver collab, a Ms. Lauryn Hill remix, and new mixes across the board for the "BULLY" deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music Sauce Walka Has Surprising Reaction To Deen The Great Playing Drake With Him Drake and Sauce Walka have some beef going on, and Deen The Great didn't think about it when playing Drizzy's music around Walka on stream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026
Music Kanye West Offering Free Tickets To First Tampa Bay Show In A Decade Ye is making his way back to Tampa. By Aron A. May 26, 2026
Music Billboard Hot 100 Delayed As Drake Attempts To Set Record Drake is looking to set a record on the Billboard Hot 100, and now that it is Memorial Day, Drizzy will have to wait. By Alexander Cole May 25, 2026
Music Jeremy Hecht Claims DJ Akademiks Is Being Paid By Trump-Owned Truth Social DJ Akademiks clowned Jeremy Hecht for saying Drake should denounce the White House using "ICEMAN" as political propaganda. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 21, 2026
Music Anthony Fantano Apologizes For Past Use Of Slurs After Alarming Clips Resurface Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop posted a video apologizing for old clips that paint the YouTuber in a dubious light. By Devin Morton August 01, 2025
Music 50 Cent To Narrate Skilla Baby’s Forthcoming Album “The Price Of Fame” 50 Cent and Skilla Baby have become friends over the last year, and now 50 is lending his voice to the Detroit rapper’s comeback effort. By Devin Morton July 18, 2025
Music J. Cole Reveals Which Songs He's Bumping The Most From "The Fall-Off" J. Cole has been listening to "The Fall-Off" "religiously" since its release and after a month, he's listing his top three favorite songs. By Zachary Horvath March 12, 2026
Music Nate Dogg’s Son Accuses Snoop Dogg Of Taking Late Rapper's Masters During a recent podcast appearance, Nate Dogg's son Nathaniel Hale Jr. discussed the late artist's master recordings. By Caroline Fisher February 10, 2026