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Music Playboi Carti's "Antagonist 2.0" Tour Setlist Is Beyond Parody Playboi Carti is currently on tour with Destroy Lonely, Ken Carson, and Homixide Gang, and as you will see, his setlist is quite something. By Alexander Cole October 06, 2025
Music Dame Dash Previews Jay-Z And Cam'ron Diss Track, But Fans Aren't Feeling It Dame Dash is waging war against Cam'ron and Jay-Z, although fans aren't feeling the new diss track he previewed. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Music 50 Cent Eviscerates Rick Ross For A Second Time Over Low Album Sales 50 Cent cannot stop clowning on Rick Ross, and on Tuesday morning, he took aim at the rapper's low album sales. By Alexander Cole August 04, 2026
Music Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle Jack Harlow's new album "Monica" dominated the timeline for his "got Blacker" comments, but that's not translating to commercial performance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Pop Culture Cardi B Rips Tasha K To Shreds For Dragging Her Into Stefon Diggs’ Assault Case Cardi B previously filed a defamation lawsuit against Tasha K and is still trying to get her judgment from the case. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Sneakers Playboi Carti Wears Air Jordan 6 "Infrared" On Stage In Dublin Playboi Carti was seen laced up in the Air Jordan 6 "Infrared" during his Dublin performance on The Weeknd's tour. By Ben Atkinson August 25, 2026
Music Dawn Richard Claims Diddy Kept Threatening Her Even While In Prison Dawn Richard's latest allegations stem from her lawsuit alleging that Diddy abused her and withheld pay for her work. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music T.I. Reveals Dr. Dre Will Be Appearing On A Star-Studded Record For "Kill The King" T.I. dropped "Let Em Know" as the lead single from his upcoming album, "Kill The King," back in January. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Kanye West & Travis Scott Reach Number One On Apple Music With "Father" Kanye West included "Father" on his new album, "Bully," which he finally released after numerous delays on Saturday. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Music Jay-Z Supposedly Congratulated Kendrick Lamar On Breaking His Grammys Record While Fat Joe shared this piece of news, he also appeared to give Kendrick Lamar a backhanded compliment in the process. By Zachary Horvath February 05, 2026
Music Spotify Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Billions Of Drake's Streams Came From Bots The lawsuit alleges there to be “voluminous information” proving Drake is benefiting from fake streams on Spotify. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Meets With The Same Rabbi Kanye West Apologized To It's unclear why Young Thug met up with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, but Kanye West's conversation with him gave fans some possible ideas. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025