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Music Pharrell Has A Unique Take On His Iconic Single, "Beautiful" Pharrell can't help but hear "Mickey Mouse" when the song comes on. By Cole Blake October 06, 2024
Music Offset Earns Diamond Plaque Thanks To Tyga's Hit, "Taste" Offset celebrated the news on social media. By Cole Blake September 25, 2024
Music Cam’ron Recalls Katt Williams' Shocking Fight That Ruined His Relationship With Dipset When Katt Williams wanted to try his hand at rapping, he joined Dipset, but Cam'ron says it didn't last long. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Questions A$AP Rocky's Lawyer's Claim About Diddy & Jay-Z's Relationship If A$AP Rocky's lawyer Joe Tacopina is right about Jay-Z and Diddy's falling out, DJ Akademiks wants to know when that rift happened. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean To Reunite Alongside Doechii & More Stars For Miami's Jazz In The Gardens As controversial as Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and the Fugees' live performance dynamics tend to be, this looks like something special. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music HoneyKomb Brazy Receives Sentence Over Firearm Possession Case The Cash Money Records signee has learned his fate. By Zachary Horvath February 17, 2025
Music Anthony Fantano Comes Clean About Drake “ICEMAN” Hoax Last week, Anthony Fantano took to TikTok to claim that Drake's long-awaited ninth studio album was imminent. By Caroline Fisher April 22, 2026
Politics Dutch Mayor Questions Legal Basis For Potentially Canceling Kanye West Shows Kanye West is scheduled to perform in the Netherlands on June 6 and June 8 of this year. This follows much controversy about Ye's concerts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2026
Music Drake Breaks His Own Impressive Streaming Record Ahead Of “ICEMAN” Drake continues to prove that racking up streams is no problem for him as fans await his ninth studio album. By Caroline Fisher April 14, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Argues J. Cole Hates His Fans, Compares Cole To Will Smith J. Cole has been going on a media tour as of late, and DJ Akademiks isn't very impressed with the way Cole has handled himself. By Alexander Cole March 31, 2026
Music Celina Powell Admits To Lying About Being Pregnant With Offset's Child Offset's alleged baby mama admits to lying about being pregnant. By Milca P. May 07, 2018
Music First Week Album Sales Are In For Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion & A$AP Mob Lil Uzi Vert has landed the #1 album this week with over 125K units sold with "Luv Is Rage 2." By Kevin Goddard September 01, 2017