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Music 21 Savage's New "WHTTS?" First Week Sales Projections Reveal Odd Details 21 Savage's sudden surge in sales for "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" comes amid his "f**k the streets" messages with Young Thug and others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Relationships Sexyy Red Slams Parody Account For Claiming She Wants To Be In A Polyamorous Relationship With GloRilla & Brandon Ingram A lot of people have grown comfortable with making jokes about Sexyy Red since her rise to fame, but this time, she's not laughing. By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025
Music Bobby Shmurda Has Chain Busted After Violent Minnesota Brawl Bobby Shmurda got into a nasty scuffle after someone reportedly provoked him while performing this past weekend. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Music Funk Flex Reveals He Won't Fully Replace Hot 97's "Ebro In The Morning" Funkmaster Flex, Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, Laura Stylez, and the rest of Hot 97 have been through some big changes recently. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Drake Proves He's A Real "ICEMAN" By Showing Off His Hockey Skills It seems unlikely that "ICEMAN" will come out before the year is over, which means that 2026 is likely Drake's to take over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music Erica Banks Arrested For Alleged Intent To Distribute Ecstasy Yesterday, Erica Banks was booked into the Dekalb County Jail on a charge of drug possession with intent to distribute. By Caroline Fisher December 09, 2025
Sports Toosii Announces Official Commitment To Play Division I Football At Syracuse Toosii is heading back to his hometown to play for the Syracuse Orange. He has been working out and had received D-I offers elsewhere. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music The Game Announces "Gangsta Grillz" Mixtape Recorded In Just Two Days This will be The Game's first entry in DJ Drama's legendary "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape series, which he cut down from 60 tracks to the best 19. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2025
Music O'Shea Jackson Jr. Calls Drake's Janice Parties A "Trap" Drake is hosting parties for women named Janice in the wake of his "Janice STFU" hit, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. couldn't help but joke about it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026
Politics Kanye West Permitted To Perform In The Netherlands Despite Backlash The update comes after the United Kingdom blocked Kanye West from traveling to London to perform at Wireless Festival. By Cole Blake April 08, 2026
Music Megan Thee Stallion Hospitalized: Everything We Know Megan Thee Stallion has finally put out a statement addressing what went down at the show on Tuesday night. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026
Music J. Cole Reveals What "Disgusted" Him About The Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef J. Cole was on Cam'ron's show "Talk With Flee," which led to an in-depth look at the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef. By Alexander Cole March 23, 2026