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Music Drake Shows Love To Cam'ron After His New Interview With J. Cole Drake's praise for Cam'ron has nothing to do with Cam's conversation with J. Cole on "Talk With Flee," but the timing is very curious. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Has A Warning For Drake Ahead Of "ICEMAN" Drake is going to be dropping "ICEMAN" on Friday, May 15th, and pundits like Charlamagne Tha God are already weighing in. By Alexander Cole April 27, 2026
Music Cardi B Hints At Potential Pregnancy During Charlotte Tour Stop Cardi B managed to raise eyebrows with an interesting joke during the latest stop on her "Little Miss Drama" tour. By Caroline Fisher April 14, 2026
Music QC P Trolls Young Thug With Diabolical Instagram Profile Picture QC P has been going after Young Thug ever since the latter allegedly warned Lil Baby that his label boss was a rat. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025
Music Drake Kicks Off Day 3 of Wireless Festival With The Preview Of A New Central Cee Collab Dropping Friday Drake announced that Central Cee will be apart of the upcoming OVO Fest at the UK rappers Toronto concert in April 2025. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 13, 2025
Music Smokey Robinson Accused Of Sexual Battery By Male Former Employee Two new individuals, a man and a woman, have come forward with allegations of sexual battery against Smokey Robinson. By Caroline Fisher November 19, 2025
Music Social Media Has A Field Day As Diddy's Courtroom Sketches From Sentencing Go Viral There have been sketches from Diddy's trial that generated some attention, but the batch from yesterday is going even crazier. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Dame Dash Launches Massive Defamation Lawsuit Against Cam'ron Dame Dash and Cam'ron have been beefing for years, with most of the claims in this defamation lawsuit relating to business moves. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music Joe Budden Podcast Co-Host Calls Nas' "Illmatic" A "Hard Listen" During a recent episode of his podcast, Joe Budden and the rest of his crew revealed their thoughts on Nas. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music Celina Powell's Friend Claims She Had An Affair With Offset While Dating His Assistant Celina Powell has previously shared her own stories of allegations about Offset and other artists in hip-hop. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026
Music Hip-Hop Pioneer Hitman Howie Tee Passes Away At 61 Hitman Howie Tee was a pioneering figure of early commercial hip-hop, and his fingerprints are on some of the biggest R&B hits of the 1990s. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music “Views” Was The Moment Drake Stopped Trying To Be The Greatest Rapper Alive His first album post-Meek Mill beef proved that he didn’t need to rap to become the biggest rapper alive. By Aron A. April 29, 2026