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Music Drake Takes Numerous Swings At Kendrick Lamar, Mustard, & The West Coast On "ICEMAN" Drake just dropped off "ICEMAN," and as expected, the artist is taking swipes at Kendrick Lamar and the entire West Coast. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Music Future Signee Lil Double 0 Reportedly Facing 15 Years In Jail For Drug & Gun Charges The rapper reportedly turned himself in to Broward County Jail following a December arrest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2023
Pop Culture Halle Berry Says She Loves When Rappers Name-Drop Her The actress is flattered by the namedropping. By Madusa S. June 09, 2021
Music Kanye West Grosses $30 Million With Sold-Out Chicago Shows Kanye West recently performed two shows in Chicago, and as it turns out, the artist made a ton of money from that endeavor. By Alexander Cole September 10, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Affiliate Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Over Fatal Car Crash D Dawg pleaded no contest to charges of negligent homicide and illegal carrying of weapons with controlled dangerous substances. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Lil Durk Shares His First Post Since His Brother DThang's Death "The Voice Of The Heroes" artist returned to social media today following his brother's passing. By Madusa S. June 22, 2021
Music Wale's 7 Biggest Hits As Wale finally returns, let’s look back at some of his certified bangers. By Demi Phillips October 20, 2023
Original Content 10 Classic Mixtapes That Still Haven't Hit Streaming Platforms Some of the best Hip-Hop and R&B projects of the late 2000s and early 2010s were free mixtapes, but many of those classics are still not available to stream on DSPs to this day. By Joshua Robinson September 28, 2022
Music Lil Uzi Vert Confirms Their Sexuality On "Pink Tape" Lil Uzi Vert took the opportunity to clear up speculation of their sexuality on Pink Tape. By Lavender Alexandria June 30, 2023
Music Who Is Yeat? Everything About The Rapper Who is Yeat and why is he popular? By Anthony Rivera March 17, 2023
Music Kendrick Lamar's Next Song Now Has A Snippet: Listen Kendrick Lamar will be featured on the next DJ Dahi project, on a song called "How To Pray" which also features Amber Mark. By Alexander Cole July 20, 2026
Music Drake Issues Blunt Response To Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” On New Album Drake is facing things head-on. By Caroline Fisher February 14, 2025