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Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Spikes Up Charts After Drake Loses Lawsuit Many iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify users ran "Not Like Us" back as Drake prepares to appeal this decision over Kendrick Lamar's diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Hits Massive Sales Milestone Despite Not Dropping In 2025 Beyond a few big features, 2025 has mostly been Kendrick Lamar's year to flex all of the success of the previous summer's Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music Offset Reveals Emotional Moment With His Son That Convinced Him To Quit Codeine Offset's interview with Keke Palmer touched on a lot of sensitive topics, and it seems the rapper was willing to be transparent. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Admits Drake's UMG Lawsuit Was "Weak" From The Jump Although Drake's legal pursuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" was shut down, the debate it represents will sadly live on forever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Halle Bailey Announces Debut Album 'Love? Or Something Like It' Halle Bailey has fans anticipating new music after she announced her debut album set to arrive on October 24. By Tallie Spencer October 10, 2025
Music YK Osiris Slams DDG Amid Jay Cinco Beef Jay Cinco recently accused DDG of feeling like he "ran the program" in their Capaholics group, prompting a heated response. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Flexes Huge Stacks Of Cash After Early Prison Release Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty was released from prison early this week after spending roughly three years behind bars. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Sports Stefon Diggs & The New England Patriots Get Rowdy To NBA YoungBoy Much To The Chagrin Of Team Staff New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs was turnt up after last night's win against the Buffalo Bills, leading to a locker room party. By Alexander Cole October 06, 2025
Music Cardi B Seemingly Trolls JT Again With Response To New Diss Track Cardi B and JT have now launched various diss tracks against one another, although it seems like their overt shots have turned subliminal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music Diddy Brought To Tears As King Combs Calls His Dad The Greatest Ever Six of Diddy's seven kids spoke during his sentencing today, with Quincy and King Combs' words particularly moving him to tears. By Zachary Horvath October 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Reveals His Surprising Atlanta Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore Considering Young Thug's recent praise and pettiness towards several Atlanta rap OGs and peers, this Mount Rushmore is quite interesting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Sir Jinx Demands Royalties From TI’s 2016 Dr. Dre Collab In New Lawsuit Sir Jinx alleges that he's not been adequately compensated for his 2016 collab with TI and Dr. Dre, "Dope." By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2025