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Music Kendrick Lamar & Drake Are In A Tight Race For The Best Selling Album Of 2025 The update comes as Drake is still gearing up to release his highly-anticipated solo album, "Iceman," at some point this year. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Drake Asks Stake If It's "Personal" After Being Unable To Withdraw Funds From Account Drake recently (potentially) burnt a bridge with Kick and Stake and was unable to withdraw his money from Stake following his latest rant. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music KARRAHBOOO Angrily Responds To Viral Bodycam Footage From Her June Battery Arrest KARRAHBOOO was arrested and released on a $1,000 bond in Georgia following her performance on Key Glock's tour. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Lucian Grainge Fires Back At Drake's Attempts To Access His Emails & Texts About "Not Like Us" Lucian Grainge claims he had no knowledge or oversight related to Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track before it came out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Albums That Grew On Us The Most In 2024 This was a massive year for rap, which means that some of 2024's most compelling releases flew right under our radar. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Brings Kendrick Lamar Back Down To Earth After "GNX's" Massive Billboard 200 Debut Kendrick Lamar's new album has sold over 300k equivalent album units. By Cole Blake December 02, 2024
Music Courtney Love Reveals "Crush" On Kendrick Lamar But Gets Called Out For Her Racist Past The grunge artist has been very bigoted in the past, so this is an odd statement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 01, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Fans Drag Drake After Surprise “GNX” Release Bad day for Drake. By Caroline Fisher November 22, 2024
Music Cam’ron Shares “Weird” Text Jay-Z Sent Him After B-Sides 2 Concert According to Cam'ron, he asked himself "Why would he even text that?" By Caroline Fisher November 15, 2024
Music ASAP Rocky Assault Trial Hears Out Opening Statements Rocky's trial kicks off. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2025
Music Federal Prosecutors Allege That Rapper's "IRS" Song Confesses To $650 Million Fraud Scheme The feds don't want to let these lyrics slide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2025
Music Kanye West’s Shocking Official Net Worth Revealed Reportedly, the impressive figure is based on Ye's music portfolio and sole ownership of the YEEZY brand. By Caroline Fisher January 23, 2025