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Music Jermaine Dupri & Omarion Join In To Wish Bow Wow A Happy Birthday Fans are celebrating the rapper's 34th birthday — what's your favorite Bow Wow track? By Erika Marie March 09, 2021
Music Reason & Hitta J3 Go At It Over Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Reason loves Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" but thinks its featured West Coast artists didn't live up to the moment, which Hitta J3 took issue with. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 21, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz's Meet-N-Greets Are Even More Hands-On Than Chris Brown Boosie Badazz and Chris Brown's Meet-N-Greets have trended across social media with comparisons of which have the wildest fans. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 27, 2025
Music Ray J Shares Video Of Lonely Christmas Eve After No-Contact Order Is Extended Ray J has a sobering holiday reflection. By Tallie Spencer December 26, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Sets The Record Straight About The MLK Samples On "Justice" Justin Bieber reportedly made an appearance on Clubhouse to respond to the backlash that he has faced for using Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speeches on his chart-topping album "Justice." By Joshua Robinson March 31, 2021
TV 50 Cent Shows Off Never-Before-Seen Diddy Footage In Trailer For New Docuseries 50 Cent's executive-produced, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," is dropping this week. But before it does, he's teasing it with a new trailer. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music Drake Links Up With Jessie Reyez To Do The “Shabang” Challenge Drake does the Shabang challenge, again. By Aron A. June 18, 2026
Music Fan In Wheelchair Steals Show During Lil Pump's Metro Metro Festival Set Lil Pump's Metro Metro Festival set got wild after he brought a fan in a wheelchair on stage. By Joshua Robinson May 23, 2022
Music Offset & Quavo Reunite To Celebrate What Would've Been Takeoff's 31st Birthday The road for the Migos has been a rocky one since their dissolution and Takeoff's tragic passing, but Quavo and Offset are here to honor it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2025
Music Kanye West Returns To Twitter After Hateful Tirade To Put Grammys On Blast Kanye West has more to say. By Caroline Fisher February 15, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Admits He Used To Hate Childish Gambino Real fans know that Tyler Baudelaire was just salty about how his fictional rap battle with Donald Glover went on "Regular Show" back in 2011. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 15, 2024
Music SZA Gets Candid About Her Latest Breakup, Ex-Fiancé & More On “Hot Ones” According to SZA, her former fiancé "hates [her] so much." By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2024