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Music “Verzuz” To Return With Explosive Cash Money Vs. No Limit Records Battle The official return of "Verzuz" is scheduled to take place live at ComplexCon Las Vegas on October 25, 2025. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Cardi B Gets Brutally Honest About Battling Depression During Pregnancy According to Cardi B, towards the end of her marriage with Offset, she "felt the love dying" from both ends. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Raises Eyebrows By Thanking Fani Willis After Fulton County Courthouse Concert Last month, Young Thug hosted a free concert at the Fulton County Courthouse, urging fans to "stop the violence" in Atlanta. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Sports Donald Trump Plays Dumb When Asked About Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny poked fun at fans upset with the NFL's decision to select him during an appearance on "Saturday Night Live." By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Drake Makes Surprise Stop At Toronto Elementary School To Support Adonis At Soccer Game Drake recently took a break from the rollout of his upcoming album "ICEMAN" to show his seven-year-old son some love. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Benny The Butcher Roasted For Complaining That Twitter Nerds Control The Culture Many fans on social media clapped back at Benny The Butcher by suggesting that the "nerds" in question make up his fanbase. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music Dame Dash Accuses Jay-Z Of Selfishly Neglecting His Artists Dame Dash has been hyper-critical of Jay-Z for years and years, and this particular remark follows Memphis Bleek and Tony Yayo's assessments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Surpasses 100 Million Spotify Streams The "ICEMAN" hype is real. Drake's "Which One" is about to reach this same milestone, one of almost 300 tracks in his catalog to do so. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music Mike Dean Shockingly Divulges On His Relationship With Kanye West Since Kanye West and Mike Dean haven't released music together in a while, certain social media statements suggested they might be at odds. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music Leon Thomas Enters His Funk Era On Our Latest "R&B Season" Update It was a quieter week for R&B this week, but quality always trumps quantity and Leon Thomas, Bryson Tiller, and more provided bops. By Zachary Horvath October 05, 2025
Music Young Thug Fares Better In Updated "UY SCUTI" First Week Sales Projections Although Young Thug might surpass initial projections, his new album "UY SCUTI" is still critically divisive and meager performance-wise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator, Clipse, Playboi Carti & More Submit For 2026 Grammys Kendrick Lamar and Drake are Grammy titans, but there are ton more heavy hitters looking to dethrone them and they have worthy submissions. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025