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Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Concept Art Seemingly Hints At A Kendrick Lamar Diss On Tuesday, Drake revealed that he'll be he'll finally be releasing his highly anticipated album, "ICEMAN," in May. By Cole Blake April 22, 2026
Music DJ Vlad Affirms His Jay-Z, Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion Tweet Is Sarcastic DJ Vlad confirmed to Sneako that he doesn't actually believe Jay-Z and Roc Nation manipulated Tory Lanez's Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 15, 2026
Music Drake Shows Love To Young Thug's Heartfelt Apology Song, "Man I Miss My Dogs" Young Thug apologized to Drake, Future, Gucci Mane, Mariah The Scientist, and more on his latest single, "Man I Miss My Dogs." By Cole Blake September 12, 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 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
Pop Culture How Many Kids Does Ayesha Howard Have? She has been in court over custody of her and Anthony Edwards child. By Axl Banks April 08, 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 Drake Responds To T-Pain "Step Away" Comment, Revealing The Auto-Tune Singer Has Always Resented Him Lil Wayne has made heavy contribution in the music careers of Drake and T-Pain. Both were suppose to release joint album with Weezy F. Baby. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 26, 2025
Music Drake Confirms OVO Fest Is Returning In 2025 Drake has plenty in store for fans in 2025, including a new album, the return of OVO Fest, and more. By Cole Blake May 25, 2025
Music 50 Cent Seems To Clap Back At Fabolous, Jim Jones, Maino & Dave East While 50 Cent maybe didn't intend to shade the "Let's Rap About It" podcast hosts with his new post, he certainly sought to scare his haters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Receives Healthy First-Week Sales Projections A$AP Rocky was reportedly already off to a great start sales wise for "Don't Be Dumb" and these early projections all but confirm that. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music Spotify Glitch Sparks Confusion As Monthly Listeners Disappear From Artist Profiles Recently, some Spotify users began to notice that their favorite artists' number of monthly listeners was no longer listed on their profiles. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025