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Music Kendrick Lamar Dethrones Drake Once Again With Impressive Spotify Feat Recently, it was revealed that Kendrick Lamar pulled off yet another boastworthy streaming feat, surpassing Drake. By Caroline Fisher March 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes On Bizarre And Borderline Hateful Rant About Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries" Lamar revealed some pretty personal accounts on this "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" track and fans are understandably clapping back at Akademiks. By Zachary Horvath December 02, 2024
Music Hip-Hop Albums That Grew On Us The Most In 2024 This was a massive year for rap, which means that some of 2024's most compelling releases flew right under our radar. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2024
Music Kanye West's Claims About Lucian Grange Resurface Amidst Drake Petition Fans think Ye was on to something. By Elias Andrews November 25, 2024
Music Kanye West Sparks Heated Debate After Sharing New Freestyle Given the current creative state that Kanye West is in right now, some listeners aren't seeing the vision with this very rough freestyle. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2025
Music Travis Scott Reveals How He Really Feels About Kanye West These Days Kanye West has not had the most glowing things to say about Travis Scott lately, so how does La Flame feel about it? By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Pop Culture Ice Cube Finally Gets His New "Friday" Movie Approved Ice Cube has been trying to get his fourth "Friday" film off the ground for years at this point. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music Barry White's Estate Files Copyright Lawsuit Over Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar's "Like That" Sample The full story is a little more complicated than that... By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2024
Music Top Dawg Entertainment Sued For Alleged Sexual Harassment & Assault Two women are accusing TDE of fostering a culture of misconduct. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2025
Streetwear Doja Cat Fixes A Frustrating Wardrobe Malfunction Mid-Show In The Most Doja Way Possible If there's one thing that you must know about Doja Cat as a performer, it's that she always turns tragedy to triumph without skipping a beat. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2024
Music Kodak Black Fires Back At SteveWillDoIt Over Alleged Richard Mille Theft Kodak Black was not happy with SteveWillDoIt's posts. By Cole Blake June 15, 2024
Relationships Yung Miami Gets Emotional On Fourth Anniversary Of Baby Daddy’s Death The father of Yung Miami's child, Jai Wiggins, passed away weeks before their son's seventh birthday. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2024