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Pop Culture Russell Simmons Takes Credit For Making Kimora Lee Famous Russell Simmons' response comes after Kimora Lee announced that she was officially dropping his last name. By Cole Blake April 13, 2026
Music Lauryn Hill Fans Are Split On Her Surprise Performance With Kanye West Considering Kanye West's past bigotries, fans don't know how to feel about Lauryn Hill performing with Ye last night. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty's Mother Heads To Facebook Live To React To His Arrest Gladys Baines' son Pooh Shiesty was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane at gunpoint earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2026
Music Jay-Z & Elon Musk Reportedly Argued Over Dinner Bill At Carbone Rich people problems. By Tallie Spencer March 19, 2026
TV Crip Mac Hilariously Dismantles Adam22's Pathetic Boxing Display Against Jason Luv Crip Mac was on Adam22's No Jumper podcast recently, and it was here where they had a spirited chat about the Jason Luv fight. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2026
Music Drake Beats Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Spotify Record With "ICEMAN" Intro Drake's "ICEMAN" boasts the second-highest debut for a rap album in Spotify history, and its intro surpassed Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Lil Baby Pledges His Allegiance To Drake And Gets Clowned In The Process Drake is going to be dropping "ICEMAN" next week, and Lil Baby is out here pledging his allegiance to his frequent collaborator. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Music 50 Cent Proclaims He's Not Afraid Of Jay-Z & Ja Rule Amid backlash and success over his Diddy documentary, 50 Cent isn't scared of folks like Ja Rule and (allegedly) Jay-Z who are dragging him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Pop Culture Streamer Awards Host Catches Heat For Comparing Kai Cenat To Diddy Tylil James immediately called out FanFan's joke about Diddy and Kai Cenat, and folks reacting online had similar sentiments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music FBG Casino's Release From Prison In RICO Drug Case Gets Explanation Future's brother FBG Casino was caught with 21 kilograms of fentanyl and charged with possession and intent to distribute. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music 50 Cent Suggests He Did ABC Interview Just So Diddy Could See It In Prison ABC is allegedly one of the few news stations Diddy can watch in jail, so of course 50 Cent promoted "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" there. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Sneakers Hundreds Of Foot Locker Stores Set To Close Down Foot Locker begins a huge wave of store closures as new ownership pushes a full retail reset in a a moving sneaker world. By Ben Atkinson November 25, 2025