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Music Drake Plans To Fly Out Streamers For His Triple-Headlining Wireless Festival Appearance This weekend, Drake will perform at Wireless Festival in London, along with PartyNextDoor, Burna Boy, Vybz Kartel, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2025
Pop Culture Chingy & Sidney Starr: How A Lie Derailed The Rapper's Career In 2010, Sidney Starr spilled the T on her relationship with Chingy, but it turned out to be an outright lie. By Tamara McCullough August 21, 2023
Music Pusha T Declares Tyler The Creator Clipse's Number One Fan Pusha T's comments on Tyler, the Creator come ahead of the release of Cllipse's new album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Cole Blake July 10, 2025
Music Final Suspect In Pooh Shiesty & Gucci Mane Case Reportedly Arrested Terrance Rodgers is accused along with Pooh Shiesty and seven others of kidnaping Gucci Mane. Authorities reportedly arrested him in Atlanta. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Jim Jones Explains Why He Passed On Signing Drake, The Weeknd, & J. Cole Jim Jones discussed why he passed on each of the artists during a recent interview with "The Art of Dialogue." By Cole Blake July 21, 2025
Music Mickey Factz Answers Mos Def’s Rap Challenge, Factz Enlists Lupe Fiasco & Daylyt To Battle Black Thought & King Los Mickey Factz went viral recently for his claim that Lupe Fiasco is a better "lyricist" than Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Music Kanye West Bizarrely Changes His Album Title To "Cuck" Kanye West has already confirmed that he'll be working with Dave Blunts on several songs off of the upcoming project. By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Original Content 15 R&B Artists To Watch In 2019 R&B artists you should be listening to in 2019. By Milca P. December 30, 2018
Music Lil Wayne Is The Most Influential Rapper Alive – LaRussell Just Outlined Why It's Complicated For every pint of lean, every blunt, Wayne maintained a relentless work ethic comparable to Kobe Bryant, yet LaRussell’s recent comments underline how Lil Wayne’s influence is both monumental and complicated. By Aron A. February 21, 2026
Music Mario Barrett Net Worth 2023: What Is The R&B Crooner Worth? The dazzling voyage of award-winning, Platinum-selling R&B singer Mario. By Jake Skudder July 25, 2023
Music Kanye West's Show In Poland Canceled Days After Scheduling It Kanye West had a show lined up in Poland in June earlier this week, but the stadium director has come forward with a brutal message. By Zachary Horvath April 17, 2026
Music Celina Powell Shares Video In Bed With Tekashi 6ix9ine Celina Powell claims that she and Tekashi are "dating." By Devin Ch April 08, 2018