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Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Concept Art Seemingly Hints At A Kendrick Lamar Diss On Tuesday, Drake revealed that he'll be he'll finally be releasing his highly anticipated album, "ICEMAN," in May. By Cole Blake April 22, 2026
Music Police Shut Down Drake's "ICEMAN" Structure After Fans Built A Campfire On Top Of It Drake has a new "ICEMAN" installation in the middle of downtown Toronto, and fans are doing everything they can to melt it. By Alexander Cole April 21, 2026
Music NBA Ben 10 Breaks His Silence After Being Shot Last Week NBA Ben 10 was shot at a Houston restaurant last week and since that news, a lot has unfolded in the ensuing days. By Zachary Horvath April 17, 2026
Music Ralo Apologizes To Pooh Shiesty For Denying Gucci Mane Snitching Claims Ralo still has a lot of love for Gucci Mane, but he's finding out the hard way that this Pooh Shiesty situation is very complicated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2026
Music Cardi B Tells Fans To Leave BIA Alone After Performing Diss Track In Her State Cardi B basically said she can handle BIA by herself during her Boston stop this week on her "Little Miss Drama" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Pop Culture Iggy Azalea Dubs "Alpha Male" Content Creators & Their Viewers As "Soy Boys" People involved in the red pill and manosphere communities have become increasingly popular online, and Iggy Azalea doesn't understand why. By Zachary Horvath April 03, 2026
Music Jermaine Dupri Says He Created "106 & Park" For Bow Wow The megaproducer is shedding light on how one of BET's most memorable shows was developed. By Erika Marie December 16, 2022
Profiles Behind The Beat: Southside Southside of 808 Mafia recently received three production credits on Future and Drake's "What A Time To Be Alive." Now we go Behind the Beat with him, as he discusses getting his start as a producer, blowing up with Waka Flocka Flame and crafting Future's "DS2." By Patrick Lyons September 23, 2015
Music Cameraman Travis Scott Kicked Off Summer Jam Stage in 2015 Revisits Hilarious Story It wasn't funny to Jameer at the time, but he certainly sees the comedy in it now. By Erika Marie November 06, 2019
Music MC Eiht Discusses DJ Quik Beef & Gangster Rap Fans Rejecting Peace MC Eiht may have been rapping about drive-bys and "hittin' corners," but as he's put his beef with DJ Quik away and moved toward peace, some fans don't like it. By Erika Marie March 09, 2020
Music SZA Puts Rap Skills To The Test In Hilarious Attempt At A "Jersey Freestyle" SZA attempted to "Jersey freestyle" with the help of fellow Garden State native, Jay Versace, but she does not seem to think she pulled it off. By Lynn S. July 17, 2020
Original Content #TBT: '90s Jay Z Looking back at the music of young Jay Z. By Danny Schwartz January 19, 2017