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Music Kelis Blasts Nas Over His Alleged Debt To Her, Isn't Interested In Reconciliation Nas and Kelis used to date, but it looks like that romantic history isn't making her any more forgiving over this alleged debt. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 03, 2024
Music Rappers Who Believe Drake Won Rap Beef Against Kendrick Lamar These rappers believe Drake won the rap beef with Kendrick Lamar. By Chukwudi Onyewuchi May 13, 2024
Music LL Cool J Criticizes Andre 3000 For Playing Flute: "Come On, Bro" LL Cool J thinks Stacks is wasting his time. By Elias Andrews May 09, 2024
Original Content Pusha T & Kanye West Beef, Explained Pusha T and Kanye West made a lot of great music together, but their eventual falling out was not a surprise. How did it happen? By Devin Morton August 21, 2025
Music SNL's Michael Che Confronts Kanye West Backstage In Unearthed Clip From 2018 This one of many new pieces of Kanye West footage that's available now thanks to his new documentary that's currently in theaters. By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock Again Denies Involvement In Ronny Doe’s Murder Another accusation about Ronny Doe’s killing drew a blunt response from Chrisean Rock during a recent livestream. By Erika Marie August 18, 2026
Music Drake & Stake's Class Action Lawsuit In Virginia Has Been Terminated The class action lawsuit in Virginia from 2025 accused Stake of operating an illegal gambling scheme and boosting Drake's streams. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2026
Pop Culture The Side Of Ari Fletcher Everyone Overlooks It's easy to remember Ari Fletcher's biggest viral moments. It's much harder to ignore the empire she's quietly built behind them. By Erika Marie July 30, 2026
Music Drake's Contract With UMG Reportedly Still Unclear After New Albums New reports from The New York Times' Popcast and Ray Daniels show how Drake's record label contract with UMG is still up in the air. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2026
Music DJ Khaled Seemingly Proves Drake’s Point After “ICEMAN” Diss "And your people are still waitin' for a free Palestine/But apparently everything isn't black and white and red and green, damn," Drake raps on "Make Them Pay." By Aron A. May 15, 2026
Music Young Thug Blasts Playboi Carti Fan Page For Hating On His Album Rollout Now that we finally got that new Playboi Carti album, other rap fans are waiting on Young Thug's proper musical comeback. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Slim Thug Firmly Shuts Down Accusations Of Stalking Megan Thee Stallion Slim Thug's comments come after Megan Thee Stallion went public with her relationship with Klay Thompson, earlier this month. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025