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Music Boi-1da Gives Massive Props To "Greatest Artist Of All Time" Drake During Juno Awards Speech Drake was one of the first artists Boi-1da ever worked with, producing for him at the age of 18 back in 2006. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Forces With Gatorade For Massive Marketing Campaign One of the new Gatorade ads featuring Kendrick Lamar is now on YouTube, and the campaign will debut during the NBA playoffs this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Chris Brown Excitedly Breaks His Silence After Being Granted Bail In UK Assault Case Chris Brown was initially in serious trouble of not being able to perform on tour next month, but he was granted a major gift. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Drake Throws Shade At Fake Friends During Last "Anita Max Win Tour" Stop Drake shared a fiery message for his former collaborators during the latest stop on his since-postponed tour of Australia. By Cole Blake February 27, 2025
Music Playboi Carti & SZA's FaceTime Has Fans Convinced A Collaboration Is Coming SZA maybe busy on tour with Playboi Carti's collaborator Kendrick Lamar, but that doesn't mean they can't be potentially cooking up music. By Zachary Horvath May 03, 2025
Music TraxNYC Threatens To Fight 6ix9ine On Livestream With Adin Ross TraxNYC has been going viral on social media since he posted a video of himself confronting another jeweler in New York City. By Cole Blake January 05, 2026
Original Content What Happened To Kirko Bangz? The Houston rapper rose to fame following the success of his 2011 single "Drank In My Cup." What's he up to now? By Azure Johnson April 29, 2021
Music DJ Hed Reveals Ab-Soul Isn't Trying To Restart Joey Bada$$ Beef Ab-Soul dropped a surprise track to his Instagram as a means to respond to Joey Bada$$. However, DJ Hed is telling everyone to chill. By Zachary Horvath May 27, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Sends Out Urgent Message In Attempt To Get A Hold Of Caleb Wilson's Family Boosie Badazz attempts to help a family in need have gone sideways fast, but he's still trying to be generous anyway. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Best Moments Was this performance all you hoped it would be? By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 10, 2025
Music Raekwon Documentary On "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" With Ghostface Killah Gets Trailer "The Purple Tape Files" will feature appearances from Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Method Man, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Young Thug Breaks Silence On Viral "UY Scuti" Rumor Young Thug spoke negatively about several of his frequent collaborators in jail calls that leaked before "UY Scuti" dropped. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025