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Music Dreamville Festival 2025 Reveals Set Times For J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Erykah Badu & More This will be the final Dreamville Festival from J. Cole and company, and they are definitely going out with a bang. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Ice Spice Under Fire For Sporting See-Through Dress At “SpongeBob Movie” Screening Ice Spice recently attended a screening of the new "SpongeBob Movie" in New York City, and social media users were not feeling her fit. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Lil Durk Offers His Largest Bail Package Yet As Feds Confirm He's Not On Trial For Lyrics Lil Durk has been behind bars since October of last year after authorities arrested him in an alleged murder-for-hire case. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's Second Show In Atlanta Canceled After Performing Lil Durk & Lil Baby Diss Track NBA YoungBoy's second show in Atlanta will no longer be happened after he performed his notorious diss track "I Hate YoungBoy." By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Reveals "Tha Carter VI" Tour Dates Lil Wayne is enlisting a healthy number of special guests to accompany him across the 34 cities he's traveling to as well. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music 50 Cent Goes After “Rat” Big Meech For Teaming Up With Rick Ross 50 Cent is furious with Big Meech. By Cole Blake February 04, 2025
Music "Say Drake," Kendrick Lamar A Million Streams From First-Ever Rapper To Surpass 100 Million Spotify Monthly Listeners Kendrick Lamar set to achieve Spotify Hip-Hop's biggest milestone yet. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 16, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Says The Alchemist Postponed Their Album At The Last Minute Erykah Badu previewed new collaborations with The Alchemist while performing her musical special with Amazon Music. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 29, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Colombia Concert Cancelation Gets An Explanation Many fans came to wild conclusions as to why Kendrick Lamar's Bogotá concert was canceled, although we doubt this will slow the haters down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 28, 2025
Music R Kelly Allegedly Overdoses In Prison, Attorney Claims Prison Staff Is To Blame R Kelly previously filed a motion stating that there was a plot to murder him, and that he wanted to be moved to home confinement. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2025
Music Eminem Fans Shocked At Writing Credit On Justin Bieber's New Album "SWAG" Eminem has a writing credit on Justin Bieber's new "SWAG" album cut, "YUKON," which features background vocals from 2 Chainz. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2025
Music Pusha T Calls Travis Scott A "Whore" After Dissing Him On "So Be It" Fans thought Pusha T was dissing Kanye West on "So Be It," but in reality, he was taking some massive shots at Travis Scott. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2025