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Music Will Smith Accused Of Featuring A.I. Fans In Viral Tour Video Will Smith is currently on tour in support of his recent album, "Based on a True Story," which marked his first release in 20 years. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Consequence Claims He's A Better Rapper Than "Pusha-TMZ" Consequence has been going at Pusha T since mid-August, slamming him for essentially fake hating on his former collaborator, Kanye West. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Lance "Un" Rivera Calls Cap On Fat Joe's Alleged Joint Album With The Notorious B.I.G. Lance "Un" Rivera sat down with "The Art of Dialogue," where he doubted the truth of Fat Joe's alleged joint album with BIggie. By Devin Morton August 19, 2025
Music Internet Lets Fivio Foreign Hear It After Downplaying The Success Of Streamers Fivio Foreign claims to have no issues with streamers, but his comments are eye raising considering what happened with PlaqueBoyMax. By Zachary Horvath August 18, 2025
Music Brian McKnight Asks Judge To Help Him Serve Jaguar Wright With Defamation Lawsuit Brian McKnight accused Jaguar Wright of spreading lies online about his alleged relationship dynamics and sexual activity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Doja Cat Tries To End Debate On Whether Or Not She's A Rapper Doja Cat has shown us multiple sides to her artistry since breaking out in the late 2010s, but went nearly full rap on "Scarlet" in 2023. By Zachary Horvath August 11, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Clarifies He Has No Issue With "The Joe Budden Podcast" Metro Boomin released his new mixtape, "A Futuristic Summa," on Friday with a number of high-profile collaborations. By Cole Blake August 05, 2025
Music Sauce Walka Pleads Guilty To Evading Police In High-Speed Chase Sauce Walka must now complete 50 hours of community service and faces two years of probation for this evasion charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Spikes Up Charts After Drake Loses Lawsuit Many iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify users ran "Not Like Us" back as Drake prepares to appeal this decision over Kendrick Lamar's diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Adam22 & Sneako Have Hot Takes On Diddy's Sentence & Perceived Guilt Diddy's 50-month prison sentence for transportation to engage in prostitution have Adam22 and Sneako feeling skeptical. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Young Thug Joins "The Pivot" Podcast To Speak On Exiting Street Life Young Thug addressed advice from Drake, the YSL RICO trial, his new album "UY SCUTI," and a lot more on "The Pivot" podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Cam’ron Admits He Never Planned To Follow Through On J. Cole Lawsuit During a recent episode of his podcast, Cam'ron confirmed that his lawsuit against J. Cole has officially been dropped. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026