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Music Joey Bada$$ Announces "The Dark Aura Tour" With Ab-Soul & Rapsody As Special Guests The tour announcement comes after Joey Bada$$ had to delay the release of his highly-anticipated new album. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Music KARRAHBOOO Angrily Responds To Viral Bodycam Footage From Her June Battery Arrest KARRAHBOOO was arrested and released on a $1,000 bond in Georgia following her performance on Key Glock's tour. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Grand National Tour Materializes The Elusive pgLang Vision Kendrick Lamar and SZA set a new standard on the Grand National tour; more importantly, the tour embodies pgLang’s forward-thinking ethos at the intersection of art and media. By Aron A. June 24, 2025
Music Kevin Hart Delivers Hilarious Freestyle Over Kendrick Lamar's "squabble up" Kevin "Chocolate Droppa" Hart made a surprise appearance at the BET Awards and dropped some bars over one of Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" cuts. By Zachary Horvath June 10, 2025
Music Doja Cat's Father Claims He Was Kicked Out Of Her Concert After Buying Tickets Doja Cat has been going back and forth with her father on social media, and the saga is currently reaching an unfortunate place. By Alexander Cole March 24, 2026
Streetwear Young Thug's Ridiculous Alligator Top Gets Some Comments From PETA PETA has fired back at Young Thug through his Instagram comments over the $25,000 alligator tank top he wore. By Ben Atkinson March 24, 2026
Music Kanye West's SoFi Stadium Show Faces Immense Backlash From Jewish Activists Kanye West previously took out a full page in The Wall Street Journal to apologize to the Jewish community. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Music Live Nation & The DOJ Reach Settlement In Antitrust Case, Sort Of There's a lot of confusion and anger over the DOJ and Live Nation's agreed upon settlement and it seems this is nowhere near over yet. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Music T.I. Reveals Which Rapper Gave Him "The Greatest Ass-Whooping" On A Song T.I.'s comments on which rapper lyrically bested him are very curious, mainly due to his ongoing beef with 50 Cent. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Music Domani Harris Reveals The Truth About His & King’s Role In 50 Cent Beef Amid their father T.I.'s feud with 50 Cent, both Domani and King Harris went after the mogul in brutal diss tracks. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2026
Original Content Kendrick Lamar's "Untitled Unmastered" Quietly Grounded "To Pimp A Butterfly's" Genius "untitled unmastered." shows off the cloudy under-and-overtones of the "TPAB" era in a way that sets it apart, but also makes its connection to its origins unmistakable. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 04, 2026
Music Chris Brown Ordered To Pay $13 Million To Dog Attack Victim Chris Brown has been found liable in a civil lawsuit involving his former housekeeper, who was attacked by one of his dogs. By Alexander Cole July 01, 2026