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Music J. Cole Reveals ‘The Fall-Off’ Evolved Into A Double Album Following New Inspiration From Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef J. Cole reveals he became "incredibly re-inspired." By Tallie Spencer January 29, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Defends Rod Wave During His Fiery Takedown Of Lil Baby DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby, alleging that the rapper had someone from his team slap him in Miami. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Music Maury Povich Wants To Squash Drake & Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B Beef According to Maury Povich, he might actually consider coming out of retirement under the right circumstances. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music 21 Savage "What Happened To The Streets?" Full Credits: Every Producer & Feature 21 Savage's "What Happened To The Streets?" is here and we are taking a look at all of the extra hands that contributed to this LP. By Zachary Horvath December 12, 2025
Music Drake Left Off Spotify's Top Albums List As Kendrick Lamar & SZA Dominate Spotify Wrapped is officially here, and as you can imagine, it has created another divide between Drake and Kendrick Lamar fans. By Alexander Cole December 03, 2025
Music UMG Issues Scathing Motion To Dismiss Drake's Defamation Lawsuit UMG and Drake have been locked in a fiery legal battle since the Toronto rapper accused them of defamation in January. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Music Lil Zay Osama Indicted On Federal Kidnapping & Robbery Charges Lil Zay Osama and multiple other men are accused of carrying out a home invasion in Winnetka, Illinois, last month. By Caroline Fisher April 29, 2026
Music Sexyy Red Wishes Drake A Happy Birthday And Fans Can't Help But Speculate The "Rich Baby Daddy" duo's closeness has many fans scratching their heads. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 24, 2024
Music Kanye West Started "GOOD Fridays" Series Due To Industry Politics, Consequence Claims Sometimes, you have to cut out the middle man. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 20, 2024
Music Drake's "Fighting Irish" Freestyle Seemingly Taken Down By Universal Music Group As if this new verse needed more beef angles... By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2025
Music Gunna's Lawyer Claims He Did Not Snitch Amid Alleged Young Thug & Lil Baby Disses Wunna's attorney is reacting to all the drama. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2025
Music Gunna's Brother Scathingly Reacts To Young Thug Shade Things just got way more complicated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 10, 2024