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Music "Joe Budden Podcast" Debates If Drake Should Diss Kendrick Lamar On "ICEMAN" Joe Budden and his cohosts also had a discussion around Drake and Kendrick Lamar's album drop rate, wondering if one will step on the other. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Sneakers LeBron Breaks Out Unreleased Nike LeBron 23 "South Beach" Pair Against Heat LeBron James threw it back to the "South Beach" days with his latest Nike LeBron 23 PE he rocked while playing the Miami Heat. By Ben Atkinson March 22, 2026
Music Mero Alleges DJ Akademiks Is A Pedophile Amid Back & Forth Disses DJ Akademiks and Mero blasted each other online over Ak's criticisms of Hot 97 and their hosting change-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Pop Culture Adam22 Accuses Swae Lee Of Flirting With His Wife Lena The Plug In DMs Swae Lee hasn't responded to Adam22's call-out at press time, which is the latest bit of drama regarding Adam's wife Lena The Plug. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music King Harris Claims He Copyrighted 50 Cent's Mom's Name For Weed Brand 50 Cent and King Harris dissed each other's mothers amid Fif's feud with T.I., and King continues to disrespect the late Sabrina Jackson. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Drake Is Reportedly On Pace To Achieve Hip-Hop's Biggest Streaming Year Ever Drake might make this hypothetical streaming achievement even more significant if he drops "ICEMAN" later in 2026. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Latto Steps Out With Baby Bump For The First Time Since "Big Mama" Reveal Latto is dropping her new album "Big Mama" later this year, and announced she's expecting a child with 21 Savage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Gossip 50 Cent Blames Diddy For Usher & Justin Bieber's Alleged Confrontation 50 Cent shared an A.I.-generated image depicting Justin Bieber and Usher's alleged confrontation, and seemed to allude to rumors about Diddy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 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
Music Mero Trashes DJ Akademiks For His Attacks Against Hot 97 DJ Akademiks has been clowning Hot 97, Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Mero for a long time, but especially after Mero took over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Blueface's Father Pushes Woman During On-Stream Argument At Rapper's Home It's unclear what went down during Blueface's livestream, but he had to take a moment to calm the situation down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Relationships Fans Find More Details Connecting 21 Savage & Latto In New Music Video It's all but confirmed that the father of Latto's unborn child is 21 Savage, and her new "Business & Personal" music video shows why. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026