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Music Lauryn Hill Breaks Silence On Essence Festival Tardiness Many fans gave up hope in seeing Lauryn Hill perform at the event as she didn't take the stage until late into the night. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Foolio Shooting: High-Quality Surveillance Footage Leaves DJ Akademiks Stunned Police announced several arrests in the case on Monday. By Cole Blake July 29, 2024
Music Foolio’s Mother Gets Late Rapper’s Face Tattooed On Her Arm Sandrikas Mays is paying tribute to her son after his tragic death. By Caroline Fisher July 26, 2024
Music Childish Gambino Closes The Curtains On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update: Stream Other amazing releases from the R&B realm this week came from 4batz and Usher, Khalid, and Blxst and Ty Dolla $ign. Which one was your favorite? By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 21, 2024
Music Drake Fans Are Convinced That Childish Gambino Named His Son After Him Amid Diss Rumors While there isn't anything directly against Drake on Childish Gambino's new album, some theories have fans looking back at their history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2024
Music Pop Smoke Murder Trial Faces Delay Due To Alleged Killer Failing To Negotiate Plea Deal Corey Walker's the sole adult defendant, and this follows the recent release of an alleged Pop Smoke killer from juvie. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 24, 2024
Sports Lil Durk Set Ablaze Following His Support For The Chicago Sky Jokes aside, this another great look for the WNBA going forward. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2024
Music Pusha T & No Malice Premiere Clipse Track With John Legend During Louis Vuitton Show Clipse debuted an unreleased song at Pharrell's latest Louis Vuitton show. By Cole Blake June 18, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Jokes That Lil Baby Has Lost All His Talent DJ Akademiks doesn't like what he's hearing from Lil Baby. By Cole Blake December 23, 2024
Music Andre 3000 Thanks Drake For Leaking Kanye West's "Life Of The Party" Andre 3000 says the track may never have seen the light of day. By Cole Blake December 22, 2024
Music Lizzo Breaks Silence On Dismissal Of Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Lizzo says it was a "big victory." By Cole Blake December 19, 2024
Music Young Thug Pays For Fan's Gas After 9-Hour Drive To Concert Young Thug fans are foaming at the mouth for his comeback album "UY SCUTI," and to go see his first shows post-YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025