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Music Spotify Fires Back At Payola Allegations Over Its Discovery Mode Spotify is also facing another lawsuit accusing the company of turning "blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming.” By Cole Blake November 05, 2025
Music Pras Will Face Between 15 And 20 Years In Prison In Foreign Conspiracy Case Pras was previously convicted of conspiracy, illegal foreign lobbying, witness tampering, and campaign finance violations. By Cole Blake November 04, 2025
Music Security Guard Who Sued Cardi B For Assault Wants Another Shot Emani Ellis's first attempt at suing Cardi B for an alleged assault in 2018 at a medical facility was shut down by a jury in September. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Spotify Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Billions Of Drake's Streams Came From Bots The lawsuit alleges there to be “voluminous information” proving Drake is benefiting from fake streams on Spotify. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Sports Kendrick Lamar Fans Troll Drake For Toronto's Shocking World Series Loss Kendrick Lamar's Los Angeles Dodgers had a wild game seven comeback against Drake's Toronto Blue Jays... Talk about a back to back. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Sports Steph Curry Wears "Black Cat" 4s, CP3 PEs, Kobe 4s Against Clippers Steph Curry wore three different sneakers against the Clippers including Air Jordan 4 "Black Cat," CP3.VII PEs, and Nike Kobe 4 "Gold Medal." By Ben Atkinson January 06, 2026
Music 50 Cent's "In Da Club" Surpasses 2 Billion Streams On Spotify The newest milestone comes after 50 Cent finished 2025 as the most popular rapper from New York on YouTube. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Sneakers Timothee Chalamet Wears Nardwuar's Nike SB Dunk Low “Tartan” Timothee Chalamet wore the Nardwuar x Nike SB Dunk Low "Tartan" while promoting his new film Marty Supreme. By Ben Atkinson January 04, 2026
Music Diddy Secures Backing From Law Professors In Battle To Appeal Sentence Multiple university professors have reportedly argued that Judge Arun Subramanian subjected Diddy to an unfair sentence given a mixed verdict. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026
Sneakers Air Jordan 15 23RE “Black Muslin” Gets Official Release Date The Air Jordan 15 23RE "Black Muslin" has an official release date featuring black woven textile upper and muslin cream midsole. By Ben Atkinson January 03, 2026
Music Rapper Signed To Future's Freebandz Label Shot In Dallas On New Year's Day ZeeTheWizard reportedly signed with Future's Freebandz label in November of last year after building a name in Dallas hip-hop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026
Music Drake Co-Signs A Beloved Underground Rapper Amid "ICEMAN" Rollout Drake is notoriously known for jumping on trending artists, but this co-sign has to feel good for this rapper. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026