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Music Trippie Redd Explains Smoking Pet Peeves & Stealing His Grandma's Weed On "How To Roll" Trippie Redd is game for anything on the new episode of "How To Roll." By Alex Zidel August 22, 2019
Music XXXTentacion Shares Radical New Look & Body Image Message XXXTentacion has changed in a big way. By Matt F September 20, 2017
Music Kanye West Gifts The Game His Two Chrome Maybachs The Game has two new Maybachs courtesy of Ye. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Explains White "UY SCUTI" Album Cover Young Thug's use of the hard R on the opening track for "UY SCUTI," "Ninja," added even more controversy to this cover art. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 28, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Reignites Drake Beef With Comments About UMG Lawsuit A$AP Rocky and Drake went at it a bit last year, and while the former fell back, it seems like the UMG lawsuit has reignited tensions. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2025
Music Janet Jackson Raises Fans' Eyebrows By Posing With A Michael Jackson Impersonator Many folks speculated on what Janet Jackson's reaction was to seeing someone pretend to be her brother, the late King of Pop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2024
Music Young Dro Gets Heated When His Friend Laughs At His Addiction Struggles On "The Breakfast Club" T.I. had to ease tensions. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 14, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar's GNX Toronto Show Sees Spike In Ticket Sells As Drake & Kai Cenat Postpone Livestream Kendrick Lamar won several BET Awards this week, including Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for GNX. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Music Are We About To Get "OPIUM TWINS" & "Broken Heart 3"? Destroy Lonely Delivers Surprise Update Playboi Carti signed Destroy Lonely and Ken Carson to his Opium label, under Interscope Records, in 2019 and 2021. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 23, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Turns Down Yearly Multi-Million Dollar Rolling Loud Offers Fans have been clamoring for Drake to hit the Rolling Loud stage at least once, but according to its co-founder, he just won't budge. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Joe Budden Podcast Co-Host Calls Nas' "Illmatic" A "Hard Listen" During a recent episode of his podcast, Joe Budden and the rest of his crew revealed their thoughts on Nas. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music Russell Simmons Hits HBO With $20 Million Lawsuit Over “On The Record” Documentary Russell Simmons accuses the filmmakers behind "On The Record" of ignoring evidence that could potentially dispute the allegations he's facing. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025