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Music Kanye West's Viral Alleged Bucket List Includes Pole Dancing, Sharks, & Everything In Between Kanye West is going viral this morning and it is all thanks to an alleged bucket list that surfaced online over the weekend. By Alexander Cole December 29, 2025
Music T-Pain Hilariously Addresses His Instagram DM Request Folder Flub T-Pain blames his Instagram DM request flub on fans who used to flood his DMs with corny "Bartender" and "Buy U A Drank" jokes. By Joshua Robinson April 29, 2021
Music Suge Knight Reveals 2Pac Wanted To Sign Aaliyah To Death Row 2Pac was a huge fan of Aaliyah. By Caroline Fisher February 14, 2025
Music Swizz Beatz Shows Major Love To DMX & Jay-Z Following DMX's challenge to Jay-Z, "Verzuz" co-creator Swizz Beatz took a moment to pay homage to his "brothers." By Mitch Findlay May 07, 2020
Music Doja Cat's "Scarlet": New Reports Hint At Album Length & Tracklist Size The album's two singles, "Attention" and "Paint The Town Red," will be small moments based on these new alleged updates. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 20, 2023
Music Amber Rose Wants Kanye West To Pay Her $20 Million For Inspiring "MBDTF" The two were dating while Ye was recording his 2010 album. Since so many people see it as a magnum opus, Rose wants her due credit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2024
Music Cardi B Breaks Taylor Swift's Apple Music Streaming Record Cardi B's "Invasion Of Privacy" now holds the record for most-streamed album by a female artist. By Aron A. April 13, 2018
Pop Culture Blueface Faces Backlash After Heated Video With Pregnant Girlfriend Surfaces Social media watchers are starting to notice a pattern. By Tallie Spencer April 30, 2026
Music Night Lovell Talks Drake's Influence: "Canada's An Underdog In The Rap Game" Night Lovell talks Drake's legacy, Lil Peep & more. By Mitch Findlay May 31, 2018
Music YBN Nahmir Holds It Down On XXL Freshman Freestyle YBN Nahmir delivers some struggle raps on his official XXL Freshman Freestyle. By Mitch Findlay June 26, 2018
Music Astroworld Festival Security Guard Speaks Out, Says They Were "Severely Understaffed" One of the people hired to work security at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival has spoken out, claiming that they were "severely understaffed" and unprepared. By Alex Zidel November 09, 2021
Music Eminem & Juice WRLD's "Godzilla" Named Newest WWE Raw Theme Song The Juice WRLD collaboration previously served as a single for Eminem's 2020 album, "Music to Be Murdered By." By Cole Blake January 06, 2026