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Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Shatter Record For Highest-Grossing Hip-Hop Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour also has support from Mustard, and it didn't take long to make history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Viral Kanye West Boldly Claims He Invented Streaming And Calls Kai Cenat Out For Stealing His Idea Kanye West thinks Kai Cenat should give him credit for his "Donda" livestreams and how they preceded Cenat's meteoric rise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music 50 Cent Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Ex Despite Abuse Allegations The rapper wants to move on. By Elias Andrews September 10, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Hits 3 Million Views On "Not Like Us" Music Video In Just 2 Hours The view count is at 13 million as of writing this article, and we're sure that OVO Stans are hitting Kendrick Lamar with bot allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2024
Politics Cardi B Clarifies She'll "Never Turn Republican" Despite Not Supporting Joe Biden Cardi B has made her political leaning clear. By Cole Blake July 02, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Theorizes UMG Will "Humble" Drake By Tanking His Next Album DJ Akademiks thinks the industry is setting The Weeknd up to do bigger numbers than Drake. By Cole Blake January 30, 2025
Music Kodak Black Clarifies He Would Never Hit A Woman After Concerning Rant About Someone Disrespecting His Mom Kodak Black detailed a recent dream about his mother. By Cole Blake January 30, 2025
Sneakers An Official Look At The Air Jordan 1 Low “Dongdan” The Air Jordan 1 Low “Dongdan” gets a soft makeover as official photos reveal a clean and story-driven new colorway. By Ben Atkinson April 03, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Projected To Maintain "MUSIC" Billboard Dominance With Second No. 1 Week Playboi Carti still has more music on the way after this new album's success, which should be out in 2030 at this rate. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Asks Fans To Separate The Art From The Artist The comments come after Tory Lanez released his new album, "Peterson," from behind bars, earlier this month. By Cole Blake March 18, 2025
Music Jay-Z's Accuser Denies Admitting He Never Assaulted Her Despite Bombshell Audio Clip Jay-Z's legal team released an audio recording of a conversation two private investigators had with Jane Doe, earlier this week. By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Original Content What Happened To Rakim's Aftermath Album With Dr. Dre? In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced. By Robert Blair March 24, 2020