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Original Content Drake Vs. His Rivals—And The Women Who Get Caught In The Middle When Drake beefs with a foe, uninvolved women often find their names being mentioned by the 6 God. Is it a tired tactic? By Erika Marie February 19, 2025
Music Benny The Butcher Returns Fire At Freddie Gibbs By Mocking Robbery Freddie Gibbs and Benny The Butcher allegedly had a chance to talk things out at an airport recently, but their beef remains maniacally petty. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Random Celina Powell Rates Young Thug & Snoop Dogg, Says Drake Called Her "Dark & Disturbed" The infamous groupie is back at it and says she begs for DJ Akademiks to take her back. By Erika Marie April 15, 2022
Music Juvenile's Mother Has Reportedly Passed Away Lil Wayne and Turk have sent their condolences via Twitter. By Aron A. January 26, 2018
Original Content 9 Rappers Who Turned Down Spots On XXL's Freshman List Here are nine artists who decided that becoming an XXL Freshman wasn't the move. By Patrick Lyons April 03, 2017
Music YFN Lucci Addresses Rumors About 2020 Shooting That Killed His Close Friend YFN Lucci's late friend, James Adams, was shot at while the former was reportedly driving through rival gang territory in Dec. 2020. By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025
Music GloRilla Likes Post Throwing Shade At Megan Thee Stallion Fans are once again theorizing that GloRilla is at odds with Megan Thee Stallion following her latest social media move. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Goes Off On Gucci Mane's Wife For Keeping Him "Sedated" Gucci Mane and his wife, Keyshia Ka’oir, spoke about his mental health struggles during an appearance on "The Breakfast Club." By Cole Blake October 21, 2025
Original Content Rihanna’s ANTI Is Still Her Most Honest Work, 10 Years Later Rihanna’s boldest album, "ANTI," still feels like a turning point for her, R&B, and for how Black women move through Pop. By Erika Marie January 28, 2026
Viral Drake Visibly Uncomfortable After Streamer Trainwrecks Brings Up His Infamous Nude Leak Drake was on a livestream with BenDaDonnn when Trainwrecks came in and interrupted the conversation with some NSFW jokes. By Alexander Cole December 23, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Divides Fans' Tastes With His Iced-Out Lollipop Some Playboi Carti fans have pretty bigoted views of his style choices, whereas others think he's just doing too much to be cheeky. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Cam’ron Responds To Big L Family Criticism: “You Not Gonna Tell Me What I Seen Growing Up” Cam’ron responds to Big L’s family over alleged fabricated stories, explaining why he won’t stop speaking on what he witnessed growing up. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025