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Music Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." Surpasses 10 Billion Spotify Streams Kendrick Lamar's most streamed album on Spotify joined an elite class of six other hip-hop-adjacent LPs on the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 11, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Believes That Quavo And Offset Are Better As A Duo Than As Solo Acts Jermaine Dupri recently stated that he thinks Migos breaking up was a “bad situation” and that Quavo and Offset are better together. By Devin Morton July 20, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Catches Heat For Seemingly Shooting His Shot With Lay Bankz NBA YoungBoy reportedly tried to shoot his shot at Lay Bankz, and it went over about as well as one may expect. By Devin Morton July 20, 2025
Music Clipse Reveal Their Favorite Verses From Each Other On “Let God Sort Em Out” Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 after selling 113,000 copies. They surpassed Lil Wayne’s The Carter 6. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 20, 2025
Music Frank Black: U.S. Agent Reveals Diddy's Other Alias Is A Throw Back To Notorious B.I.G. Frank White is a character Diddy's artist Biggie Smalls emulated in his music that resembled ultimate power. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 17, 2025
Politics Kanye West's New Album Might Be Banned In Russia Due To Nazi References Kanye West has already had a hard time keeping his new music on streaming services. Maybe Putin can help out his occasional admirer. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music Diddy Makes Friends With Fellow Inmates In Cheery New Prison Photos We are getting even more new pictures of Diddy than we expected, considering that the public hadn't seen him in over a year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music TMZ's Harvey Levin Has Bad News For Drake As Lawyers Seek To Appeal UMG Verdict Drake recently had his defamation lawsuit against UMG thrown out, and to make matters worse, he is getting bad news from Harvey Levin. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2025
Music Rod Wave Countersues Promoter Over Massive $27 Million Tour Issues Rod Wave claims that Grizzly Touring is trying to force him to work with the company again after a lot of canceled shows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2025
Music Blueface's Mother Claims He's Days Away From Prison Release Blueface's new girlfriend Angela also spoke about anticipating his release from prison, although it's unclear when it will happen. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Explains His Gang Testimony Against Cardi B & Jim Jones 6ix9ine thinks these assumptions about Cardi B and Jim Jones' mentions in his RICO case are just fake narratives making him look bad. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Sara Rivers Risks Losing Appeal Over Diddy Lawsuit's Dismissal Former Da Band member Sara Rivers accused Diddy of sexual assault, harassment, and more over her "Making The Band 2" tenure. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025