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TV Most Successful "American Idol" Stars: From Fantasia To Jennifer Hudson Before taking a brief hiatus in 2016, the show helped launch careers of many major stars throughout its first 15 seasons. By Wyatt Westlake January 26, 2024
Music Ebro Roasted After Posting An Apple Music Office Tour In Response To Mero's Hot 97 Hire Hot 97 announced that Mero will be taking over the morning time slot on Hot 97 with his new show, "Mornings with Mero." By Cole Blake January 13, 2026
Music Kai Cenat Claps Back At Drake For Posting His Forehead On Instagram Drake appeared to be unhappy with Kai Cenat's recent comments on his latest "Iceman" single, "Dog House," featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf. By Cole Blake September 10, 2025
Music Claressa Shields Blasts 50 Cent After He Trolled Papoose With Remy Ma Clip Papoose is still waiting on 50 Cent to respond to "Let's Rap About It," whereas Claressa Shields and Remy Ma are in the middle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Young Thug For Witnessing His Jake Paul Walk-Out & "BILLY" Performance Sadly for Jake Paul, he lost his boxing match against Anthony Joshua. But at least 6ix9ine got to see his opp Young Thug in the crowd. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Ty Dolla $ign Delivers Cryptic Update On His Relationship With Kanye West Ty Dolla $ign's relationship with Kanye West appeared to take a turn for the worse earlier this year during one of Ye's antisemitic rants. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Original Content J Cole's "No Role Modelz" & The Absent Father Domino Effect Off his acclaimed 2014 Forest Hills Drive album, J Cole's "No Role Modelz" puts exclamation marks on a longstanding struggle in hip-hop. By Michael Kawaida March 03, 2020
Music Kanye West Reveals His Surprising Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore Kanye West's unexpected picks for his hip-hop Mount Rushmore come from a recently leaked extension of his 2025 interview with Justin Laboy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 13, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Performs One Of His Most Infamous Leaks On Tour Playboi Carti has a lot of snippets that his fans have wanted to release, but the one he played in Seattle may his best work. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Says Gucci Mane’s Transformation Inspired Him After Prison: “He Showed Me How It’s Done” By Tallie Spencer December 11, 2025
Music Ice Spice Reveals The Actual Reason Behind Her Weight Loss Ice Spice caused a stir amongst her fans and admirers for her rapid weight loss in 2024 that had some accusing her of being on Ozempic. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2026
Music BenDaDonnn Responds To Rumors That Drake Took Back His Gifted Rolls-Royce Over this past Christmas, Drake surprised BenDaDonn with a murdered-out Rolls-Royce, and people have claimed the former took it back. By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026