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Relationships Mariah The Scientist Fans Worried For Her After BET Awards Arrival With Young Thug Goes Viral Young Thug's animal pelt mask is what folks noticed immediately, but fans of Mariah the Scientist believe the MC isn't good for her. By Zachary Horvath June 10, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg & Pat McAfee Donate $50K To Support Pittsburgh Public Schools Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, and Pat McAfee are once again giving back to the Pittsburgh public school system with a big donation. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Pop Culture Chingy & Sidney Starr: How A Lie Derailed The Rapper's Career In 2010, Sidney Starr spilled the T on her relationship with Chingy, but it turned out to be an outright lie. By Tamara McCullough August 21, 2023
Music YFN Lucci Reveals Why He & Young Thug Finally Squashed Beef Young Thug and YFN Lucci teamed up for collaborations on each of their new albums, "Already Legend" and "UY Scuti." By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2025
Music Lil Baby Smacks Adin Ross For Airing Out His Business On Stream Adin Ross and N3on's livestream was quite eventful, as they even ran into Young Thug during their recent Lil Baby hangout with many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Chicago Rapper Bloodhound Q50 Taunts His Haters After Reportedly Being Shot Bloodhound Q50, an emerging voice in Chicago's drill scene, is at the center of a chaotic situation as he was reportedly shot at. By Zachary Horvath August 18, 2025
Music J. Cole Falls Short Of A$AP Rocky With First Day Streaming Numbers Although J. Cole was not close enough to beating A$AP Rocky in this Spotify metric for "The Fall-Off," he still found much success elsewhere. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Sports DJ Akademiks Thirsts Over Photos Of The Chef Stefon Diggs Allegedly Assaulted New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs is facing several charges of the alleged incident involving his former chef. By Cole Blake December 31, 2025
Music "XXL" Reveals The 2025 Freshman Class This "XXL" Freshman Class is headlined by newly turned rapper GELO (LiAngelo Ball), Ray Vaughn of TDE, and ian based in Dallas. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music How To Listen To Drake's "ICEMAN" Drake is going to be dropping "ICEMAN" later tonight, and there is no denying that the fans are excited for the project. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Is Kendrick Lamar Dropping? Mysterious "Who Is The Giant" Poster Leads To Speculation A "Who Is The Giant" poster has appeared in Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta, and it has led to questions about Kendrick Lamar. By Alexander Cole May 13, 2026
Music Drake Confirms That "Iceman" Is Dropping This Year A title that was once speculated by fans is now becoming reality as Drake has just said that "Iceman" is coming in 2025. By Zachary Horvath June 28, 2025