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Music Charlamagne Tha God Accuses Drake Of "Biting" Kendrick Lamar For "NOKIA" Music Video Other fans think Drake purposefully mocked Kendrick Lamar and his visual language in the "NOKIA" music video. But that's just a theory. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music 2028 Olympics Chairman Says There’s A Good Chance Kendrick Lamar Will Be Involved Just last month, Kendrick Lamar put on a historic performance during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show with SZA. By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music Drake Wants UMG To Clarify Dave Free’s Relationship To Kendrick Lamar’s Children Recently, Drake requested various documents from Universal Music Group amid his legal battle with the company. By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music Producer Of Drake's "NOKIA" Buys His Mom A Car Amid The Song's Success Drake's "NOKIA" has only continued to dominate on the charts and in terms of sales so Elkan, the producer, decided to spoil his mother. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music The Game Hits Complex With His Own List Of The Top 100 Rappers From L.A. The Game landed at number 11 on Complex's top 100 Los Angeles rappers list, and unlike the publication, he included 2Pac in his own ranking. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Relationships Jeezy Speaks On How He's Doing Following Tumultuous Divorce From Jeannie Mai Jeezy and Jeannie Mai were at each other's throats for months during the finalization of their split, but the MC seems to be healing. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Ari Lennox Reportedly Parts Ways With Dreamville Months After Calling The Label Out Ari Lennox gave her last performance as a Dreamville artist during the collective's final festival just a few weeks ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Quavo Formally Announces First Single With Lil Baby In Nearly Seven Years Believe it or not, it's really been that long since these two Atlanta luminaries have hopped on a track, but the drought is going to be over. By Zachary Horvath April 07, 2025
Music Tory Lanez's Team Claims That He Will Be Freed "Later This Year" Representation for Tory Lanez also revealed who they are actually fighting in court as his legal team has yet to file their new evidence. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Brings Out North West & Diddy's Son Pulls Up To Mexico Concert Kanye West was joined by North West, Diddy's son Christian "King" Combs, and over 40,000 fans at the first of his two Mexico shows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Predicts A Sweeping Federal Investigation Will Occur Following Spotify Bot Lawsuit Spotify is currently facing a federal class action lawsuit for allegedly allowing artists to benefit from "billions" of botted streams. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Beyoncé Shares Glimpses Of Jay-Z’s Grandmother’s Star-Studded 100th Birthday Bash Beyoncé and Jay-Z celebrate Jay-Z’s grandmother Hattie White’s 100th birthday with a star-studded party. By Tallie Spencer October 02, 2025