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Music Keke Palmer Bares All On Alleged Altercation With Her Ex Darius Jackson & Restraining Order While Promoting New Album "Just Keke" Keke Palmer is set to return for the sequel of her breakout 2025 film, One of Them Days, co-starring SZA, produced by Issa Rae. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Why He’s Not Feeling Drake’s New “ICEMAN” Snippet During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks shared his unfiltered take on a newly surfaced snippet of an unreleased Drake song. By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2026
Music Drake Breaks His Own Impressive Streaming Record Ahead Of “ICEMAN” Drake continues to prove that racking up streams is no problem for him as fans await his ninth studio album. By Caroline Fisher April 14, 2026
Music Lauryn Hill Fans Are Split On Her Surprise Performance With Kanye West Considering Kanye West's past bigotries, fans don't know how to feel about Lauryn Hill performing with Ye last night. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle Jack Harlow's new album "Monica" dominated the timeline for his "got Blacker" comments, but that's not translating to commercial performance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Joyner Lucas Eviscerates DJ Vlad's Copyright Lawsuit Against Him DJ Vlad claims that Joyner Lucas reposted a VladTV interview clip without his permission and without providing credit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music Young Thug Randomly Changes His Instagram Profile Picture To Kevin Gates Sucking Toes Young Thug has stirred up controversy as of late for his co-sign of the "f the streets" movement, but this latest move just has fans confused. By Zachary Horvath January 08, 2026
Music Trap Lore Ross Defends His New NBA YoungBoy Video Attaching Him To 19 Victims NBA YoungBoy fans are not the biggest supporters of Trap Lore Ross by any means, and it's been that way for a couple of years now. By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Music YG Arrested For Misdemeanor DUI After Allegedly Parking His Car On A Curb YG found himself in legal trouble on Tuesday morning. By Cole Blake October 01, 2024
Music Fivio Foreign Claims That Drake Will Perform During Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show He thinks it will squash the Drake feud. By Elias Andrews September 24, 2024
Music Eminem Claims MGK Slept With His Mom In Absurd Slim Shady Interview The most bizarre MGK shout out yet. By Elias Andrews July 30, 2024
Music Method Man Claims He's Never Been Paid For Streaming Royalties Meth is owed some money. By Elias Andrews August 21, 2024