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Music Ciara Is All Smiles When Russell Wilson Surprises Her At Los Angeles Birthday Show Happy born day, Ciara! By Chantilly Post October 25, 2018
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Questions If XXL Freshman List Is Rigged 50 Cent appears in 6ix9ine's plea for fans to vote for him for the 2018 XXL Freshman List. By Alex Zidel March 29, 2018
Music "XXL" Reveals The 2025 Freshman Class This "XXL" Freshman Class is headlined by newly turned rapper GELO (LiAngelo Ball), Ray Vaughn of TDE, and ian based in Dallas. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music The Joe Budden Podcast Praises And Scrutinizes Drake's New Freestyle The new bars opened up a conversation around media bias in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2025
Music How To Listen To Drake's "ICEMAN" Drake is going to be dropping "ICEMAN" later tonight, and there is no denying that the fans are excited for the project. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Pop Culture Adam22 Under Fire From Pop Smoke Fans After Interviewing The Rapper's Alleged Killer People online are fed up with the controversial podcaster using Black people's trauma for clicks. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2024
Music DaBaby Sued For Concert No-Show After Crew Beats Down Opening Act DaBaby is facing more legal issues stemming from the assault of Don Trag. By Aron A. July 04, 2019
Music Schoolboy Q Airs Out A Fan In The Middle Of His Concert Schoolboy Q picks on a particularly jacked fan during his show. By Matt F December 31, 2017
Music 40 Glocc Implies Kanye West, Young Thug, & 2 Chainz Are "Gay" "I DON'T GIVE A FU*K HOW MUCH ALL THAT MIX-MATCHED SH*T COST." By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2018
Music Charlamagne Tha God Makes Rich Dollaz "Donkey Of The Day": Stop "Fake Flexing" Erica Mena also made fun of Rich on Instagram. By Erika Marie March 19, 2019
Music Azealia Banks Threatens To Expose Busta Rhymes If He Doesn't Clear Track Azealia Banks isn't too happy with Busta Rhymes, and she's given him four days to clear a song—or else. By Erika Marie April 07, 2020
Numbers The Weeknd Seemingly Accused Of Faking Sales Numbers: Report The Canadian artist previously made it known that he's not concerned with the sales of "Dawn FM." By Hayley Hynes January 18, 2022