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Music Cardi B’s Jay-Z-Sampling Single “Imaginary Playerz” Makes Disappointing Spotify Debut Last week, Cardi B dropped the fourth single from her eagerly anticipated sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?" By Caroline Fisher August 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Compares Drake & UMG Battle To Colin Kaepernick & The NFL With Harsh Remarks Including Kap’s Wife Nessa Diab DJ Akademiks has been a vocal supporter of Drake throughout his rap beefs with Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, and Future. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 18, 2025
Music Roc Nation Claims To Have Shocking Evidence Of A Shakedown In Fat Joe Lawsuit Fat Joe and Roc Nation are accused of withholding money from his former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon, along with other allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music xQc Isn’t Feeling JID’s “God Does Like Ugly” Album Like Everyone Else xQc featured Drake on his livestream in 2024, which led to the rap star revealing his future touring plans. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 16, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Claims He Lost A Rap Battle With Denzel Washington ASAP Rocky and Denzel Washington are the stars of Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" film, which premiered this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music Woman Accused Of Setting Up Foolio's Murder Will Go To Trial Authorities accused Alicia Andrews of trailing Foolio's location and setting up his murder last June in South Florida. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music Nipsey Hussle Will Get Los Angeles Metro Station Named After Him Los Angeles Metro will also issue two limited edition TAP cards featuring Nipsey Hussle to commemorate his legacy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Announce Release Date For Collab Album "Abi & Alan" The Alchemist and Erykah Badu's collaboration has drawn some controversy, but fans are still very excited for what they have in store. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music RZA Suggests Rihanna & ASAP Rocky Name Their Third Child After Ol’ Dirty Bastard When asked why he thinks Rihanna and ASAP Rocky should name their child after Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA said "the legend must live on." By Caroline Fisher August 14, 2025
Music Westside Gunn & Conway The Machine Debunk Griselda & Benny The Butcher Beef Rumors Discussion around an alleged Conway The Machine and Benny The Butcher altercation caused Westside Gunn and Conway to clear the air. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Reveals The Status Of His Beef With Lil Uzi Vert And Playboi Carti There's been rumors of animosity between Lil Yachty, Playboi Carti, and Lil Uzi Vert for a number of years. By Cole Blake August 14, 2025
Music Drake Demands Unredacted Version Of Kendrick Lamar’s UMG Contract In Latest Filing Drake’s legal team secured a copy of Kendrick Lamar’s UMG contract and are now demanding to have it un-redacted. By Devin Morton August 13, 2025