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Music Hit-Boy Recalls Surprising Text From Kendrick Lamar The Day "Not Like Us" Dropped This text message from Kendrick Lamar is when Hit-Boy really knew that the Drake battle was "light work" for the Compton lyricist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music A Detailed Look At Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Chain Tells Us If It Means "A-Minor" Or "pgLang" What does Kendrick Lamar's "a" chain mean? By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 11, 2025
Music Drake’s “NOKIA” Reaches Impressive New High On U.S. Apple Music Last month, Drake unleashed his eagerly anticipated project alongside PartyNextDoor, "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U." By Caroline Fisher March 09, 2025
Music Oschino Unleashes On Meek Mill For "Crying" About His Wheelie Arrest Meek Mill is once again the target of Oschino as the latter continues to disrespect him. This time it's over his wheelie arrest in 2017. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Music BigXthaPlug Kicks Fans Out Of His Show For Picking A Fight In The Crowd BigX wasn't going to let a fake fight slide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2024
Music Chris Brown Dance Battles Kai Cenat During "Mafiathon 2" Twitch Event Another star showed up on Kai's stream. By Devin Morton November 22, 2024
Music Lil Nas X Handcuffed And Hospitalized After Roaming Los Angeles In Underwear Lil Nas X was spotted strutting around Los Angeles by himself at 4 a.m. today, prompting onlookers to suspect alleged drug use. By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music Swizz Beatz Denies $7 Million Fraud Allegations Linked To 1MDB Scandal Last year, Swizz Beatz was sued by British Virgin Islands liquidators, who allege that he knowingly received “fraudulent transfers." By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Politics Azealia Banks Has A Shocking Defense For Donald Trump's Alleged Role In Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Donald Trump has been coming under fire for his failure to release files connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Takes Aim At SZA Once Again In More Scathing Posts Nicki Minaj's latest post comes in response to SZA leaking a text message of her asking for a feature back in 2020. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Streetwear Diddy's Twin Daughters Launch New Clothing Line Jessie and D’Lila Combs are venturing into the fashion industry as their father remains behind bars while awaiting sentencing. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Diddy Approved For Prison Drug Program But There's A Twist Diddy's team was pushing for him to be rehabilitated without the prison time, but the mogul will still be receiving the help he needs. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025