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Music Young Thug Drops Mysterious "GFU" Trailer Young Thug builds the hype with a new teaser. By Aron A. January 27, 2021
Relationships Big Sean Says He's Focused On Parenting & Unsure When He'll Return To Rap Big Sean says that he and Jhené Aiko are still deciding on baby names. By Cole Blake October 24, 2022
Music Kim & Kanye West Decided On Psalm West's Name The Day He Was Born Psalm basically picked his own name. By Chantilly Post May 21, 2019
Music Snoop Dogg Responds To Kanye West's Praise: "Love U King" Snoop Dogg showed love to Kanye West on Instagram after the rapper praised one of Snoop's outfits. By Cole Blake September 12, 2022
Music DJ Akademiks Theorizes Lil Durk Will Face A "Big" Indictment Over Other Alleged Crimes Lil Durk was arrested for allegedly conspiring to commit murder-for-hire. By Cole Blake October 27, 2024
Music IDK Even More Confident He Has AOTY After Playing It For Kanye West & Tyler, The Creator Hard to stay humble with Kanye and Tyler cosigns. By Noah C August 13, 2019
Music Beyonce Surprises Cancer Patient With Facetime Call Beyonce secretly out here making dreams come true. By Kevin Goddard March 23, 2017
Music Childish Gambino Pays Tribute To Mac Miller In Concert: "I Love You Mac" "I feel good about being sad, because it tells me that he was special." By Devin Ch September 09, 2018
Music Kurupt Returns Home To Recover After Recent Hospitalization Daz Dillinger recently asked fans to flood Kurupt with get-well-soon messages as he recovers from health issues. By Caroline Fisher January 14, 2026
Music Peter Rosenberg Recalls Jim Jones "[Scaring] Me Straight" After Criticizing Rapper It was many years ago when he called Jones "trash," causing the rapper to call up the radio station looking for Rosenberg. By Erika Marie June 23, 2021
Music Jay-Z's "Smile" To Be Recognized at GLAAD Media Awards Jay-Z's ode to his mother earns significant recognition. By Milca P. January 21, 2018
Numbers Billie Eilish Finally Beats Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" To Earn No. 1 Song On Billboard The record-breaking streak has come to a halt. By Alex Zidel August 19, 2019