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Music What Time Is Drake Releasing "ICEMAN"? With Drake's "ICEMAN" coming out on Friday, fans have burning questions about when exactly the album is coming out. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Ray J Recalls Trying Hard Drugs After Whitney Houston's Death Ray J was famously dating Whitney Houston at the time of her tragic death in 2012 when she was just 48 years old. By Cole Blake July 29, 2025
Relationships Angela Simmons Reveals Why She Broke Up With Yo Gotti Angela Simmons also discussed on going on a date with Cam Newton back in 2011 during the candid interview. By Cole Blake March 31, 2026
Music Fetty Wap Explains Why He Left Drake Feature Off His Album Fetty Wap felt "played" after Drake's team dropped the "My Way" remix on SoundCloud without sending it back to him beforehand. By Alex Zidel December 23, 2021
Music Young Thug Reveals What His Frequently Used Slang Words Actually Mean According to Young Thug, YSL stands for "Young Soldiers of the Lord." By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2023
Music Toronto Woman Tears Into Drake While Calling "The Breakfast Club" Charlamagne Tha God joked about someone from OVO making a call to get "The Breakfast Club" off the air before a Toronto Drake hater called in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2026
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 Dreezy Previews Diss Track After Exposing Jacquees For Allegedly Wanting Her Over Deiondra Sanders "You are my true love," Jacquees allegedly told his ex. By Caroline Fisher February 11, 2024
Music Drake Affirms His UMG Lawsuit Is A Fight Against "The Man" On "ICEMAN" Drake's appealing a dismissed lawsuit against his label UMG for releasing Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," which Drizzy addressed on "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music Freekey Zekey Reveals How He Helped Cam'ron Climb Out Of $1.4M In Debt Freekey Zekey says the financial struggles came after the release of Cam'ron's second studio album "S.D.E." By Cole Blake March 09, 2025
Music Bow Wow & Kiyomi Leslie Argue In Leaked Audio: Report In the alleged audio of Kiyomi and Bow, she claims he punched her in the stomach before the rapper can be heard refusing to let her leave the room as she continuously asks him to allow her to go. By Erika Marie September 08, 2020
Music Pooh Shiesty Continues To Seek Bail As Trial Date Gets Pushed Back Pooh Shiesty's trial has been pushed back to next February, and now, the artist is looking to make sure he gets bail By Alexander Cole June 12, 2026