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Pop Culture Complex To Host Eminem Look Alike Competition In New York Very Soon A massive fleet of Eminem doppelgangers will be flocking to New York City next week for the ultimate bragging rights. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2025
Music Rob49 Unveils 2025 “Let Me Fly” Tour Dates Rob49's first-ever solo headlining tour is scheduled to begin this October with dates in Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta, Toronto, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Falls 6 Spots On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake dropped the song as the lead single from his highly-anticipated new album, "Iceman," which is dropping later this year. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Nas Allegedly Disses Jim Jones On Alternate Version Of New Raekwon Collab Jim Jones recently went viral for some scorching hot takes about him being bigger than Nas, and it seems like Esco might've responded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Brings Out Latto, Yeat, & More For London Residency Sexyy Red's three-night-long club residency in London over the weekend appears to have been a massive success. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Drake Concludes Wireless Festival Takeover With Global-Themed Day Three Setlist This weekend, Drake became the first artist in history to headline all three days of Wireless Festival in London. By Caroline Fisher July 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Has Been Effectively Blacklisted From Performing In Europe Kanye West has given a couple of recent performances in Asia and previewed other planned concerts in Central Europe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Julie McKnight Shares Emotional Tribute To Her Late Son Niko Earlier this year, Brian McKnight's brother took to social media to announce that the performer's estranged son Niko died of cancer. By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music Diddy Jury Reaches Verdict On Four Out Of Five Counts The jury in Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial reached a partial verdict on the second day of deliberations. By Caroline Fisher July 01, 2025
Music YNW Melly's Double Murder Retrial Postponed Once Again YNW Melly will have to wait even longer before heading back to trial for the alleged murder of YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser. By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music Chris Brown Shows Love To T-Pain Amid Drake Tensions Chris Brown broke up the intense backlash T-Pain has been receiving after Drake called him resentful for his comments on Drizzy's retirement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2025
Music Funk Flex Takes Over Ebro's Hot 97's Slot After "In The Morning" Gets Axed Funkmaster Flex went through his own Hot 97 changes recently, which Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez are the latest to face. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025