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Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans Debate "Family Matters" And How Well It's Aged Twitter's trending rap topic of the week circled back around to this three-part marathon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 22, 2024
Pop Culture TD Jakes’ Lawyer Fires Back After AI YouTube Videos Allege He Was In Bed With Diddy TD Jakes is taking a stand. By Caroline Fisher December 20, 2024
Music Jay-Z Responds To Tony Buzbee's Claims Against Roc Nation & His Venereal Disease Accusations Hov came through with another scathing statement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2024
Tech Kanye West Takes Aim At Dave Portnoy Over "Meme Coin" While Wearing A Swastika Shirt Kanye West continues to provoke with his abhorrent antisemitism, now challenging Dave Portnoy after teasing his own coin or cryptocurrency. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2025
Music Peter Rosenberg Claims Joe Budden Is Ungrateful For Media Career Boost The Hot 97 host wants his flowers. By Elias Andrews February 19, 2025
Music Drake's Triple-Headlining Act At Wireless Festival Sells Out In Record-Breaking Time London is eager to see The Boy. By Zachary Horvath February 19, 2025
Music Drake Reveals The Absurd Spot He Keeps His Grammys In Drake is (allegedly) not one for the awards. By Devin Morton February 14, 2025
Music Anthony Mackie Reveals Kendrick Lamar Wrote The Title Track For "Captain America: Brave New World" Captain America will fly to Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 12, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sees Astronomical Uptick In Streams For "Not Like Us" After His Super Bowl Halftime Show The rest of his catalog also received a nice bump. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Reveals What Inspired “GNX” Kendrick Lamar recently opened up about his newest album. By Caroline Fisher February 06, 2025
Music Ladies First: Queen Naija Talks "After The Butterflies," Rough Patches, & Finding Joy In Herself EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Queen Naiija is back with her incredible new mixtape, "After the Butterflies." Queen sat down with us to talk about her putting her relationship in her music, becoming comfortable in her solitude, her fire collaborations, and why she's always been a "regular-degular-schmegular girl." By Erika Marie November 28, 2023
Music Rappin 4-Tay Reveals He’s Been Discharged From The Hospital & Is Recuperating Rappin 4-Tay has asked fans to continue praying for him following his recent health scare. By Cole Blake December 26, 2023