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Music SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Earl Sweatshirt Reveals He No Longer Speaks To Frank Ocean In New Interview Earl Sweatshirt announced the anticipated surprise album, Live Love Laugh, last week with a featureless tracklist. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 24, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Declares Charlamagne Tha God & Harvey Levin's Time Up Nicki Minaj has been going after everyone from Cardi B to Jay-Z on her social media pages over the last week. By Cole Blake October 01, 2025
Music 50 Cent Admits Lil Rod's Diddy Lawsuit "Might Be Some Bullsh*t" 50 Cent is starting to have his doubts. By Cole Blake April 08, 2024
Music Who Is Lil Mabu? The Controversial Drill Rapper Who Is Allegedly Dating Chrisean Rock The up and coming drill rapper, who apparently struck up a romance with Chrisean Rock, has caught flack for “borrowing” inspiration from low-income Black communities. By Demi Phillips October 23, 2023
TV Vince Staples Recalls Rough Acting Journey Before Releasing Now-Acclaimed Netflix Series It has been an arduous road for Vince, but all that hard work paid dividends. By Zachary Horvath February 20, 2024
Music Megan Thee Stallion Partners With Wal-Mart For Hot Girl Summer Swimwear Line Megan Thee Stallion stirred up controversy last week at the Met Gala for breaking the rules by taking photos at the event. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 16, 2025
Music Stevie J Breaks Down Why Diddy's "Empty Promises" Led Him To Leave Bad Boy Stevie J has been one of Diddy's biggest supporters amid his legal scandal and has worked with many more artists outside of Bad Boy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Under Fire For AI-Generated Cover Art Erykah Badu and The Alchemist's newly-released song is expected to appear on their upcoming album, "Abi & Alan." By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Original Content YNW Melly: 10 Essential Songs YNW Melly released an impressive list of songs before getting locked up. Here are the ones you need to hear. By Alex Zidel May 10, 2019
Music Young Thug Claims Drake’s Impact Tops Kendrick Lamar’s According to Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar is the "GOAT of the whole West Coast," but Drake still has him beat. By Caroline Fisher October 01, 2025
Music LUCKI & Playboi Carti Appear To Bury The Hatchet With Vague IG Story Post From the beginning, this seemed to all be a misunderstanding. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2024