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Music Lil Baby Overtakes 21 Savage For The Highest-Charting Rap Album On Apple Music Lil Baby and 21 Savage both ended 2025 on a high note with their new albums, but the former as a little bit of a leg up to start 2026. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Music Blueface Claps Back At 21 Savage's "Streets" Takes With "F**k The Industry" Blueface joins 6ix9ine, BossMan Dlow, Boosie Badazz, and other rappers taking issue with 21 Savage and Young Thug's anti-"streets" comments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Crime Cardi B’s Friend Star Brim Released After Completing One-Year Prison Sentence News of Star Brim's prison release comes just in time for her close friend Cardi B's new song "Outside," which drops tomorrow. By Caroline Fisher June 19, 2025
Music Cam'ron Reveals Kanye West Is Mad At Him For Roasting "Cousins" During a recent episode of his podcast, Cam'ron said that he'll likely never interview Kanye West for one simple reason. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2026
Music Chris Brown's Dog Attack Victim Allowed To Collect Usher Tour's Profits Chris Brown is still fighting to overturn the verdict in the dog attack case from his former housekeeper, Maria Avila. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Sports LeBron James Stirs Up Controversy For Saying The Memphis Grizzlies Need To Move With the NBA looking to bring new franchises to the league, there's been some chatter among the players about Memphis giving up the Grizzlies. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Joe Budden Takes Issue With Jay-Z's Hot Take On Rap Battles Jay-Z explained his issue with modern rap battles during an interview with Frazier Tharpe for GQ on Tuesday. By Cole Blake March 25, 2026
Music Young Thug Finally Addresses Rich Homie Quan Relationship And How They Grew Apart During this new GQ interview, Young Thug addressed not just past collabs with Rich Homie Quan, but also the Gunna fallout and "UY SCUTI." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Sports Kevin Durant Responds To Viral AI Candy Apple Photo Kevin Durant addressed the AI-generated candy apple photo that spread online ahead of his real Nike KD19 release. By Ben Atkinson July 15, 2026
Music French Montana & Max B Tease Kanye West Collab On New Album French Montana has worked with Kanye West in recent years, and it looks like they will get their own song with Max B very soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2026
Music Lupe Fiasco's Latest Comments Have Fans Thinking He's Jealous Of Kendrick Lamar Lupe Fiasco has a long history of speaking critically about Kendrick Lamar, which he attributes to the media always bringing K.Dot up to him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Sneakers Foot Locker And Nike Just Gifted 22,000 Employees A Pair Of Air Force 1s Nike and Foot Locker gifted all 22,000 employees a pair of Air Force 1s to celebrate their "Find Your Force" campaign. By Ben Atkinson May 02, 2026