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Politics Pharrell Faces Backlash After Explaining His Hatred For Politics Pharrell says he's not a fan of either side of the political aisle and the comments are sparking debate on social media. By Cole Blake November 17, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Puts Billboard Up For NBA YoungBoy Diss "KO" In YB's Hometown NLE Choppa, now NLE The Great, is far away from the days of wanting to reconcile with NBA YoungBoy via a collaboration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Alleges Saucy Santana Made Nasty Comments About Blue Ivy And North West Nicki Minaj is now taking aim at Saucy Santana, claiming that he made disgusting comments about Blue Ivy Carter and North West. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Hopes To "Manifest Love" By Changing His Album's Controversial Title Kanye West is working on multiple albums right now, one of which was supposed to fully come out last week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Who Is Sy The Rapper? The Artist Allegedly Behind The Viral Kendrick Lamar AI Diss Track Not everyone’s buying the claims that Sy’s behind the track. By Demi Phillips April 25, 2024
Music JID Reveals He & J. Cole Finished A 15-Song Project Together JID, who dropped his own album, "God Does Like Ugly," on Friday, also hyped up J. Cole's upcoming project, "The Fall Off." By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music What Is Eve's Best-Selling Album? Rediscover Eve's album that redefined the boundaries of hip-hop and R&B, cementing her legacy as a trailblazing artist. By Rain Adams November 14, 2023
Music Memphis Bleek Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rapper Bleek's career is a hip-hop symphony, a harmonious blend of rap artistry and savvy business maneuvers. By Jake Skudder February 01, 2024
Music Rich Gang Artist BTY YoungN Shot & Killed In New Orleans The rising N.O. rapper was 27 years old. By Trevor Smith April 30, 2017
Music A$AP Rocky Admits He Stalked Tim Burton To Get Him To Create The "Don't Be Dumb" Artwork Following the release of "Don't Be Dumb," A$AP Rocky will be embarking on a world tour in promotion of the album. By Cole Blake January 20, 2026
Music Finesse2Tymes Goes Off On Young Thug And Threatens To Fight Offset Finesse2Tymes took issue with Young Thug and Gunna's relationship, while threatening to fight Offset in two videos online. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Boldly Labels Drake's "For All The Dogs" A Classic DJ Akademiks labeling a Drake album a classic is nowhere near shocking, but it is slightly more surprising given "FATD's" middling reviews. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026