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Music Can Cardi B’s "Am I The Drama" Overcome the Sophomore Slump? Seven years later, Cardi B’s sophomore album will reveal whether she can match — or top — the legacy of "Invasion of Privacy." By Aron A. June 26, 2025
Music Freekey Zekey Reveals How He Helped Cam'ron Climb Out Of $1.4M In Debt Freekey Zekey says the financial struggles came after the release of Cam'ron's second studio album "S.D.E." By Cole Blake March 09, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Backs Tory Lanez As He Fights Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case According to a new post from Lil Tjay, he would have "crashed out" if he were in Tory Lanez's position right now. By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Travis Scott Delivers Exciting Update On Progress Of Next Solo Album Travis Scott has been dropping little teasers here and there over the last couple of months and it seems we may need to ready ourselves. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Pop Culture SpotemGottem Snitching Allegations Caused Lil Durk To Return His $100K, Shawn Cotton Confirms The rappers were planning a collaboration some time ago, but when Durkio heard some unflattering rumours, he backed out of the project. By Hayley Hynes September 18, 2023
Music Megan Thee Stallion Wants Tory Lanez Sanctioned For Failing To Explain “Inflammatory” Deposition Megan Thee Stallion's legal team accuses Tory Lanez of throwing "petty, misogynistic jabs" during his deposition. By Caroline Fisher July 31, 2025
Music 2Pac's Family Reportedly Heated Over AI Imagery On Social Media If you haven't seen, there are a lot of AI-generated videos and images of 2Pac across platforms such as X and it's getting out of hand. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music Gunna Abruptly Ends Puzzling Virginia Beach Show Early Gunna kicked off his 2025-2026 "Wun World Tour" in mid-November. It runs through July 3 in Portugal. More dates were added a few weeks ago. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Reveals Issues With Kanye West After Making "Vultures" Track "Back To Me" Freddie Gibbs has collaborated with a diverse range of producers, including Kanye West, The Alchemist, and Madlib, to create classic music. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 27, 2025
Pop Culture Drake To Link Up With IShowSpeed For Highly Requested Toronto Stream Drake and IShowSpeed's past interactions have been nothing short of ridiculous and hilarious, so fans can't wait for their upcoming collab. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Viral Drake Visibly Uncomfortable After Streamer Trainwrecks Brings Up His Infamous Nude Leak Drake was on a livestream with BenDaDonnn when Trainwrecks came in and interrupted the conversation with some NSFW jokes. By Alexander Cole December 23, 2025
Music 50 Cent Argues Shaniqua Tompkins Is Using Their Legal Dispute To Embarrass Him 50 Cent and G-Unit Books previously accused Shaniqua Tompkins of breaching their life-rights agreement in 2025. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026