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Music Kendrick Lamar Lets A Young Fan Join Him On A Run In Detroit Kendrick Lamar was in Detroit for a performance on his and SZA's ongoing "Grand National Tour," earlier this week. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Cosigns Emerging New Orleans Rapper La Reezy Some fans read very deeply into this Kendrick Lamar cosign of La Reezy thanks to another New Orleans rapper, Lil Wayne. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 12, 2025
Music Grammys Make Major Change To Country Category After Beyoncé's Historic Win Beyoncé became the first Black artist ever to win Best Country Album with her project, "Cowboy Carter." earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music “Jane” Admits She Used Diddy’s Alleged Freak-Offs To Her Advantage One of Diddy's former girlfriends recently testified anonymously under the pseudonym "Jane" amid his federal trial. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Key Glock’s Associates Face Felony Charges After Allegedly Bringing Guns To Governors Ball Two members of Key Glock's entourage, Joshua Crutcher and Dion Michaels, were taken into custody over the weekend. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Delivers His Review Of Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Grand National” Tour DJ Akademiks attended Kendrick Lamar and SZA's recent performance in Detroit, and has a lot to say about the experience. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Calls Out Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist For Not Taking Enough Risks JPEGMAFIA spoke about being a "risk-taker" in hip-hop during a new interview with Billboard. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Yung Miami Claps Back At Trolls Saying She Misses Diddy's Money Yung Miami and Diddy had a very public relationship from 2022 to 2023 and in turn, she was mentioned in his criminal trial, this week. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges Dave Free Asked Him If Drake Was Paying Him According to DJ Akademiks, he was incredibly offended by a question he was asked at Kendrick Lamar and SZA's show. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Implores Drake To Rap About Something Else JPEGMAFIA has been going at Drake for years at this point and his latest stray stems from a new "Billboard" interview. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Kanye West & Bianca Censori Team Up To Launch New Furniture Company Kanye West and Bianca Censori appear to be on good terms despite recently dealing with rampant divorce rumors. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025