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Music What Is Drake's Best-Selling Album? Drake's highest-selling album should come as no surprise. By Wyatt Westlake October 30, 2023
Music NBA YoungBoy Returns To Instagram With Cryptic Message Following Prison Release NBA YoungBoy was arrested in April of last year and hit with charges related to an alleged prescription drug fraud scheme. By Caroline Fisher April 27, 2025
Music Jay-Z Allegedly Told Memphis Bleek He'd Be A Blogger If It Wasn't For Hov Memphis Bleek signed with Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and released his debut album "Coming Of Age" in 1999. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Tries To Explain Himself In Wild Body Cam Footage Of Traffic Stop Playboi Carti was apparently going 84 miles an hour in a 35 miles per hour zone while "trying to get straight back home." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2024
Music J Cole Provides Disappointing Update On His Upcoming Album Jermaine set the record straight. By Elias Andrews January 29, 2025
Music 50 Cent Ruthlessly Trolls Jim Jones Over Album Sales Amidst Feud Jim Jones might've had beef with Cam'ron at first, but 50 Cent has proven to the bigger threat due to his social media prowess. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Drake Interview Made Bobbi Althoff Miss Her Daughter's First Birthday, She Says This interview is shaping up to be a hilariously awkward one. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2023
Music Steve Lacy's Coronavirus Comment Sparks Outrage Over Racist Implications Steve calls for a Coronavirus vaccine in Asia and upsets fans. By Lynn S. February 05, 2020
Music Joey Bada$$ Feels "Lonely At The Top" On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Joey Bada$$' long-awaited new album "Lonely At The Top," we got a new (technically old) track from Eminem. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Doesn’t Drop “WW3” And Nobody Is Surprised Kanye West's new album was supposed to drop yesterday, but this is far from the first time he's failed to deliver on a promise. By Caroline Fisher April 04, 2025
Music Kanye West Disses Boosie Badazz Following Frightening Car Accident Boosie Badazz has been very critical of Kanye West in the past and the feud continued on Monday night after the former got into an accident. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2025
Music What Was Sexyy Red's First Official Viral Hit? This major hit turned Sexyy Red into a star. By Demi Phillips April 08, 2024