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Music Kendrick Lamar Returns To Centennial High School In Compton With Dr. Dre & Will.i.am Kendrick Lamar attended a groundbreaking ceremoni at Centennial High School in Compton alongside Dr. Dre & Will.i.am. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Receives A Warning From DJ Akademiks About Interfering With Drake's "ICEMAN" Release With Drake's "ICEMAN" on the way, DJ Akademiks is feeling passionate about the release, as well as Kendrick Lamar's role in it. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music The Game Has Choice Words For 50 Cent During New York Club Appearance The Game was kicked out of 50 Cent's G-Unit a long time ago, but to this day, it is very clearly still on his mind. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Music Man Who Killed Nicki Minaj's Father Officially Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Charles Polevich killed Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj in a hit-and-run five years ago, leading to a wrongful death lawsuit. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Heavily Insinuates Drake Is Dropping Something Today Drake is set to drop "ICEMAN" on May 15, but according to a recent stream from DJ Akademiks, something could arrive much sooner. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Sports Cleveland Cavaliers Troll Drake With "Not Like Us" & An "ICEMAN" Statue Following Game 7 Win As the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, the Cavs decided to troll Drake in a couple of unique ways. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Pop Culture Cardi B Praises Megan Thee Stallion's Last Broadway Show Amid Breakup Cardi B saw Megan Thee Stallion's last Broadway show on "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" days after the Klay Thompson split. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music DJ Akadeniks Calls Jay-Z The Israel Of Hip-Hop DJ Akademiks went a rant about Jay-Z and his place in hip-hop culture, arguing he isn't the "standard" in the genre but fans still defend him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music YNW Melly Breaks Silence Behind Bars To Address Bond Denial Rumors YNW Melly's mother recently hinted at him getting out of prison soon, so this bond update came at a fitting but still unfulfilled time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2026
Gossip 21 Savage Allegedly Responds To GloRilla's Sister Dissing Latto GloRilla's sister Victoria Woods recently blasted 21 Savage's alleged boo Latto for working with Glo, who seemed to diss Woods on their song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2026
Politics Political Commentator Hasan Piker Calls Drake Corny Hasan Piker was a guest on Ebro's new talk show and expressed his disdain for Drake and his pals Adin Ross and DJ Akademiks. By Zachary Horvath May 01, 2026
Music New Death Certificate Suggests Celeste Rivas May Have Been Pregnant Earlier this week, prosecutors in the Celeste Rivas case claimed she and D4vd exchanged texts about sex and abortion while she was underage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026