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Music “Billboard” Names Kendrick Lamar No. 4 Greatest Pop Star Of 2025 Kendrick Lamar has earned a spot on yet another "Billboard" year-end list thanks to his Super Bowl Halftime show, tour, and more. By Caroline Fisher January 27, 2026
Music Cardi B Shows Off Baby Bump During Global Citizen Festival Performance Cardi B stepped in on short notice as a Global Citizen Festival headliner and showed off her baby bump to the hometown crowd. By Devin Morton September 28, 2025
Music Lefty Gunplay Called Kendrick Lamar When He Decided To Get Sober Lefty Gunplay got some encouragement from a few West Coast titans. By Aron A. August 27, 2026
Gossip Celina Powell Alleges Ja Morant Was Toting Guns On His Finsta Well Before Infamous Suspension During a recent stream, DJ Akademiks recalled Celina Powell giving him a glimpse at Ja Morant's finsta account. By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026
Pop Culture Team Roc Lawyer Accuses Tony Buzbee Of Defamation In $25 Million Lawsuit Marcy Croft claims Tony Buzbee launched a smear campaign against her work with Jay-Z's Roc Nation and their Team Roc philanthropic branch. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Spotify Acquires WhoSampled And Changes Are Already In Store Along with Spotify's purchasing of WhoSampled, several improvements are already in store for the platform. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music YNW Melly Secures New Lawyers Ahead Of Double Murder Retrial This YNW Melly update follows YNW Bortlen's plea deal in the case, which could yield key consequences for its outcome. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2025
Sports Chrisean Rock’s First Boxing Opponent Finally Revealed Chrisean Rock is scheduled to make her boxing debut with a three-round event at Harrah's Philadelphia Casino on April 25. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2026
Music Young Thug Seemingly Shades Gunna For "Acting Like The Victim" Young Thug has been upset with Gunna ever since he got out of jail for taking a plea deal in the YSL RICO case back in 2022. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Videos Drake Makes Numerous "ICEMAN" Music Videos Available On YouTube Drake's "ICEMAN" has finally arrived, and on Friday, he posted seven music videos from the Episode 4 livestream. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Pop Culture Christian Keyes Alleges Tyler Perry Hijacked His Show And Made It “Weird” Christian Keyes recently went live to sound off about his former boss, Tyler Perry, and the show they worked on together. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music Megan Thee Stallion Gets Completely Naked For Stunning Women's Health Photoshoot Megan Thee Stallion has fans in awe. By Alexander Cole April 10, 2024