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Music Vince Staples Depicts Mass Shooting In "Blackberry Marmalade" Music Video Vince Staples' new single "Blackberry Marmalade" is about racism in the United States and violent responses to (and from) its corrupt system. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Big30 Pushes Against Prosecutors For Bond In Gucci Mane Kidnapping Case Big30, Pooh Shiesty, and others stand accused of allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane over Pooh's record deal with Gucci. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Funk Flex Pump Fakes Fans With Unreleased Drake & Kanye West Music With Drake's "ICEMAN" on the way and Kanye West recently releasing "Bully," Funk Flex's unfulfilled promise surprised many fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Kanye West Reportedly Set To Perform In Prague Despite all of the cancellations, Kanye West is still trying to book more shows in Europe with his next desired location being Prague. By Zachary Horvath April 24, 2026
Music Drake, Adin Ross & DJ Akademiks Hit With Gambling Suit For "Inflicting Harm" This New Jersey lawsuit makes similar claims against Drake, Stake, and Adin Ross as previous lawsuits, with this one roping DJ Akademiks in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2026
Politics Nicki Minaj Reportedly Attending White House Correspondents' Dinner Nicki Minaj is going to continue her support of Donald Trump and his presidency this weekend at the Correspondents' Dinner. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2026
Music AllStar JR Allegedly Left NBA Ben 10 Without Feeling In His Legs When reports of AllStar JR's arrest came out, it was unclear if it was tied to the shooting of NBA Ben 10. But more details allege otherwise. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2026
TV DJ Akademiks Responds After Joe Budden Gets Accused Of Taking Money From Kendrick Lamar Following some allegations from Daylyt pointed at Joe Budden, there is now a debate about the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Alexander Cole April 23, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals His Current Top 10 Rappers, And There Is One Notable Omission DJ Akademiks is easily one of the most opinionated commentators in all of rap media, and his top 10 is certainly something to behold. By Alexander Cole April 23, 2026
Music Anthony Fantano Comes Clean About Drake “ICEMAN” Hoax Last week, Anthony Fantano took to TikTok to claim that Drake's long-awaited ninth studio album was imminent. By Caroline Fisher April 22, 2026
Music Eminem Celebrates Being Sober For 18 Years Eminem famously suffered a near-fatal overdose back in 2007 and has been sober for the last 18 years as a result. By Cole Blake April 21, 2026
Music The Weeknd Fuels New Music Rumors Amid Drake’s “ICEMAN” Rollout The Weeknd recently took to Instagram with a new post, which has fans speculating about what might be on the way. By Caroline Fisher April 21, 2026