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Music Drake Finally Cancels His Australia & New Zealand Tour Dates After Months Without Updates Live Nation Australia says Drake will still be returning to Australia and New Zealand at some point in the future. By Cole Blake July 29, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar The Only Rapper In 2025 To Chart A Song Every Week On The Hot 100 Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" was also recently named as the fifth best summer song of 2025. It was the only rap song on the list. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Original Content The 10 Best R&B/Rap Covers Of Classic Songs When modern hip-hop and R&B artists take on songs from the past. By Patrick Lyons March 18, 2016
Music Latto Claps Back At People Making A Fuss Over Her Body Count Lyrics This wouldn't be the first time Latto sparked some online debate for particularly striking lyrical content... But is it worth the discourse? By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Claims Hip-Hop Hasn't Had A Hit Song Since Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Many folks clapped back with counters to Elliott Wilson's claim, including recent successes from Kendrick Lamar's rival Drake. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Trolls Wale For Handicap Sign In His Car Wale's response to Freddie Gibbs was pretty cut and dry, although he didn't really explain much for confused fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 31, 2025
Music Russell Simmons Hits HBO With $20 Million Lawsuit Over “On The Record” Documentary Russell Simmons accuses the filmmakers behind "On The Record" of ignoring evidence that could potentially dispute the allegations he's facing. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025
Sports Joy Reid Claims Stephen A. Smith Is Paid To Criticize Black People Earlier this year, Stephen A. Smith weighed in on Joy Reid's departure from MSNBC, claiming that "the numbers don't lie." By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Who Is Chris Patrick? The Rapper Who Delivered The Best Freestyle Of Mafiathon 3 Chris Patrick's impressive freestyle over Kendrick Lamar's "Man At The Garden" beat is receiving tremendous praise online. By Caroline Fisher September 23, 2025
Music Drake Shows Love To 21 Savage For Being One Of His Few Allies Left Standing Drake has one friend in the industry. By Devin Morton February 14, 2025
Original Content Top 15 Ridiculous Rapper Chains A retrospective on some of the most absurd pieces in rap. By Harrison Tenpas November 09, 2017
Music A$AP Rocky Reignites Drake Beef With Comments About UMG Lawsuit A$AP Rocky and Drake went at it a bit last year, and while the former fell back, it seems like the UMG lawsuit has reignited tensions. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2025