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Music Pusha T Tells Kendrick Lamar "Mission Accomplished" After Historic Super Bowl Viewership Pusha T congratulated Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl Halftime Show. By Cole Blake February 11, 2025
Music Foolio's Murder Trial Is Underway As All Four Men Face Death Penalty After nearly two full years since Foolio's passing, the rapper's murder trial is getting off the ground as officials narrow down the jury. By Zachary Horvath April 10, 2026
Music Young Dolph's Self-Admitted Gunman Delays His Fate Again Young Dolph's murder case is inches away from closing, but Cornelius Smith and his legal reps are hung up on one detail of his plea deal. By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Music SZA Reveals Kendrick Lamar’s Game-Changing Advice About Performing Kendrick Lamar and SZA are scheduled to kick off their "Grand National" tour next month with a performance in Minneapolis. By Caroline Fisher March 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Appears To Confirm His Nazi Antics Are A Revenge Tactic Against Adidas The revelation from Kanye West comes as he's been making all sorts of offensive posts on social media in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Cam’ron Debuts New Song From Long-Awaited Upcoming Project With Mase Cam'ron and Mase, who host "It Is What It Is" together, have been sitting on unreleased music together for over a year. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Goes Off On JK Rowling For Transphobic Views JK Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter," has faced public backlash for expressing transphobic views for a number of years now. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Pop Culture DJ Akademiks Defends Adin Ross After Playboi Carti Admits They Didn't Vibe Playboi Carti recently unleashed his new album "MUSIC," which racked up a whopping 139 million streams in its first day. By Caroline Fisher March 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Offers A Surprising Prediction About Diddy's Criminal Case's Outcome Diddy was recently hit with a new federal indictment that accuses the Bad Boy mogul of forced labor and employee assault. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2025
Music R Kelly Gives Rare Performance On Podcast Via Prison Call R Kelly is currently serving time behind bars for alleged racketeering, sex trafficking, production of child pornography, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 07, 2025
Music Bhad Bhabie Challenges Alabama Barker To "Drop" Another Diss Song Bhad Bhabie shared an animated video parodying Barker, while providing some context for who started the feud. By Elias Andrews March 04, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator Unveils 2026 Latin America Tour Dates Tyler, The Creator will touch down in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Puerto Rico next March. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2025