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Music A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Receives Healthy First-Week Sales Projections A$AP Rocky was reportedly already off to a great start sales wise for "Don't Be Dumb" and these early projections all but confirm that. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Pays Tribute To A$AP Yams 11 Years After His Passing A$AP Rocky took a break from his "Don't Be Dumb" rollout to honor the late A$AP Yams, announcing a livestream for Yams Day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026
Music Drake Pokes Fun At Memes About Him While Sharing Fan's Beat Recreation "Drake be like" memes were inescapable back in 2010, but these days, the assessment of that era is nowhere near as derogatory. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026
Music Turk Implies Lil Wayne Would've Gone To No Limit "Verzuz" If He Was There Although Turk has his issues with Cash Money, his recent claim about Lil Wayne and the No Limit "Verzuz" is not as shady as you might think. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026
Music GIVĒON & Justin Bieber Bless Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Our "R&B Season" playlist this week comes courtesy of GIVĒON, Justin Bieber, Dijon, Syd, FLO, and KAYTRANADA. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Music Travis Scott Wants To Do A 24-Hour Stream With Kai Cenat Amid Streamer's "JACKBOYS 2" Hype Kai Cenat gave "JACKBOYS 2" a glowing review, and this isn't be the first time he and Travis Scott have tried to set something up together. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Music Kanye West's Representative Denies Former Assistant's Disturbing Allegations Against Ye Milo Yiannopoulos alleged that Lauren Pisciotta is fabricating her amended lawsuit against Kanye West for alleged sexual misconduct. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Music Kanye West (Ye) Delivers Incredible Performance In Front Of 70k At Shanghai Stadium Kanye West has rapped about tearing up arena since Graduation. His most memorable line about it is on Kid Cudi's "Erase Me." By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 12, 2025
Music Pop Smoke's Killer Wears His Merch In New Viral Photo Pop Smoke was shot and killed when five people broke into a home he was staying at in Los Angeles back in February 2020. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Lil Baby Gets Deep In His Ethereal Bag In Fresh Snippet Ahead Of New Album "Dominique" Lil Baby already dropped his album "WHAM" this year, but 2025 will hopefully be a prolific year for the Atlanta rapper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025
Sports 50 Cent Is Heated At The Number Of Players Who Tore Their Achilles During The 2025 NBA Playoffs 50 Cent posted a video where he was frustrated at the uptick in Achilles injuries during the 2025 NBA season. By Devin Morton July 06, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert Signs A Female Fan's Baby Lil Uzi Vert has always been very chill with their fans, but them signing this baby is another level of wholesome. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025