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Music Mo3’s Manager Recalls Heartbreaking Final Phone Call With Late Artist During Fatal Shooting During a recent interview, Mo3's manager Rainwater provided more insight into the shooting that took the rapper's life. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2025
Music Drake Pulls Off Impressive Sales Mark With Latest Hit "NOKIA" "NOKIA," despite it being a dud for quite a decent number of people, is Drake's latest hit for the 2020's decade and the sales show it. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Doechii Seemingly Combats Industry Plant Shade During Billboard Woman Of The Year Speech Doechii also recently advocated for LGBTQIA+ rights and respect while accepting a GLAAD Media award for outstanding musical artist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music FKA twigs & North West's "Childlike" Music Video Amazes Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been encouraging, supporting, and inspired by North West's musical aspiration since she was a toddler. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 29, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Shares Heartfelt Message After He And His Mother Are Found Guilty Of Fraud Sean Kingston will be on house arrest with electronic monitoring until he's sentenced in July, while his mother will be in federal custody. By Caroline Fisher March 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Why He Hasn't Dropped Kanye West Interview According to a new lawsuit, Kanye West also recently filmed a podcast with Andrew Tate and the controversial internet personality's brother. By Caroline Fisher March 29, 2025
Music N3on Raises Eyebrows After “Leaking” YG’s Unreleased Music During Stream During his appearance on N3on's stream, YG also took the opportunity to tease his new supplement brand, Trim. By Caroline Fisher March 26, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Makes History With Staggering Billboard Hot 100 Achievement Playboi Carti continues to break new ground with his brand new album, and now he's become the first rapper to achieve this singles feat. By Elias Andrews March 24, 2025
Music Kanye West & DJ Akademiks Discuss Their Interview And Ak Explains How It Happened DJ Akademiks previously told rappers who got dragged in this upcoming interview to take it up with Kanye West, not with him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Politics Kanye West Thanks Drake & Donald Trump Following Larry Hoover's Commutation President Donald Trump has commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentence and it has led to praise from Kanye West. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2025
Pop Culture Timmy Bandsome Admits To Faking DMs With BossMan Dlow About two weeks ago, Florida rapper BossMan Dlow was dragged into some drama with influencer Timmy Bandsome, who's now apologizing. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Offset Announces His Album Is Finished With A Snippet Of New Song Offset is making his return to music after announcing his latest solo album is finished with a clip of an upcoming single. By Devin Morton May 28, 2025