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Music Lil Wayne's Rock Performance Divides Fans During Latest Concert Wayne famously experimented with the rock genre for his polarizing seventh studio album, "Rebirth," in 2010. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Delivers Bold Prediction For Drake's "ICEMAN" Album Sales Drake is preparing to release his new album "ICEMAN," though according to DJ Akademiks, it may not arrive as soon as fans hoped. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music Questlove Confirms A Posthumous D’Angelo Album Is On The Way There’s a posthumous D’Angelo project officially in the pipeline. By Tallie Spencer November 14, 2025
Music Argument At Chris Brown's NOLA Show Turns Into Nasty Brawl It's unclear what led to these ladies to throw down, but seeing a fight at Chris Brown concert is not what we expected. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Music YNW Melly's Mother Claims He's "Pissed" At His Lawyers After Court Denied His Bond YNW Melly is awaiting his double murder retrial, and has been controversially locked up since 2019 with no chance for bond. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music 50 Cent Uses Old Flame Vivica A Fox To Fire Back At Abuse Allegations Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of one of 50 Cent's children, recently alleged that he abused her and Daphne Joy emotionally and physically. By Caroline Fisher June 21, 2025
Music Nas' Mass Appeal Reaches Agreement On Racism Lawsuit From Former Executive Nas' Mass Appeal imprint has been dealing with this lawsuit since 2023 and it was filed by their former executive, Melissa Cooper. By Zachary Horvath June 16, 2025
Music Trouble's Killer Pleads Guilty To 2022 Shooting And Receives Prison Sentence Trouble was an Atlanta MC known for his independent mixtapes and big-name collaborations with the Migos, Drake, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Politics Black Lives Matter Berates Lil Yachty For Calling Organization A "Scam" Lil Yachty spoke on charitable efforts during a recent episode of Quenlin Blackwell's YouTube cooking show. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2025
Music Chopper Alleges He Saw Diddy Kissing A “Powerful” White Man During a recent interview, former Da Band member Chopper recalled some of the things he allegedly experienced while spending time with Diddy. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Yasiin Bey Puts “Exploitative” Streaming Services On Blast During a recent interview, Yasiin Bey criticized the music industry, going after streaming services in particular. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why NAV's New Album Lost Over 60K Units In Sales DJ Akademiks compared this NAV discrepancy to bundle sales controversies like those of Travis Scott and Playboi Carti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025