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Music Cardi B Denies Payola Rumors After “Up” Tops The Billboard Hot 100 Cardi B is not letting skeptics throw mud on the success of her latest Billboard chart-topper. By Joshua Robinson March 24, 2021
Music Desiigner Hit With Defamation Lawsuit Over Sister's College Tuition Desiigner will need to tend to defamation of character attestations after Instagram paints small business owner in negative light. By Devin Ch February 28, 2018
Music Diddy Relieves Stress From Allegations & Lawsuits With White Water Rafting Trip In Wyoming The last update that we got concerning the ongoing Diddy scandal was him getting dropped by a law firm. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2024
Music Boogie Says A New Summer Album And Tour Are On The Way Boogie is hungry for even more. By Alexander Cole January 28, 2019
Music Drake Shares His First New Year's Thoughts After Being Named Most Streamed Rapper Of 2023 The thoughts came in the caption of a bizarre Instagram post. By Lavender Alexandria January 01, 2024
Sports Mac Miller Honored With Moment Of Silence By Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates paid tribute to a Pittsburgh legend. By Aron A. September 18, 2018
Music Joey Bada$$ Vows New Music While Taking Jab At "Rainbow Boy" Joey Bada$$ took a moment to unleash every thought that popped in his head, culminating in the promise of some new solo music. By Mitch Findlay May 22, 2020
Music Rick Ross Performs The Classics For NPR's Tiny Desk Rick Ross brings out the band for his Tiny Desk (Home) Concert with live renditions of "Super High," "I'm Not A Star," "B.M.F." and more. By Aron A. February 16, 2021
Music Gunna Declares Young Thug The Best Rapper Alive Gunna praises his mentor Young Thug in a new interview. By Aron A. May 26, 2020
Music Saweetie Reacts To Her 2 GRAMMY Nominations Saweetie is nominated for the first time at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards. By Alex Zidel November 23, 2021
Music Jhené Aiko & Kehlani Keep Our "R&B Season" Playlist Fresh Catch up on the latest additions to our specially-curated "R&B Season" playlist on Spotify, with new joints from Jhené Aiko,, Jay Electronica, Kehlani, and more. By Lynn S. March 15, 2020
Music Ab-Soul Doubles Down On DJ Akademiks Beef Despite Trolling At First DJ Akademiks popped off on Ab-Soul in response to some recent lyrics, which seems to have fueled the TDE MC even more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025