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Music DJ Akademiks Shares Footage Of Drake Gifting Him OVO Owl Chain He's already shown that Drake gave him an iced-out chain, but now Akademiks has shared the moment he received the jewelry. By Erika Marie May 22, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg Was "Inspired" By Michael Jackson Biopic, Talks His Own Movie Long Beach icon Snoop Dogg is reportedly developing his own biopic, and he tells Big Boy how MJ's movie has motivated him. By Erika Marie May 22, 2026
Music Hip Hop Icon Rob Base Passes Away At 59 Sadly, Hip Hop has lost one of its pioneers, as it's reported that Rob Base has died after a private cancer battle. By Erika Marie May 22, 2026
Music Lizzo Praises SZA While Saying She Doesn't Have Many Industry Friends Just because you see Lizzo outside with a another celebrity doesn't mean they're friends in real life...except for SZA. By Erika Marie May 22, 2026
Music Charleston White Recounts Tense Confrontation With Young Thug Charleston White had been criticizing Young Thug for a while before they had a tense confrontation in Florida. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2026
Gossip Adrien Broner Called Out For Inappropriately Touching 19-Year-Old Streamer Adrien Broner has found himself in controversy once again, and it's because of a livestreamed interaction with 19-year-old Aya Tanjali. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2026
Music Foolio's Mother Reacts To Accomplice's Sentence & Convicted Killer's Past Foolio's mother Sandrikas Mays had a lot to say about murder accomplice Alicia Andrews and convicted killer Sean Gathright. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2026
Music Drake Sets New UK Chart Record Following "ICEMAN" Album Trilogy Ahead of Drake's upcoming Billboard debuts in the United States for his "ICEMAN" trilogy, he just set a new milestone in the United Kingdom. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Gets Trolled Relentlessly By Drake Fans For His Chanel Performance Rocky's April performance resurfaces and Drake fans have been going in. By Aron A. May 22, 2026
Music Kanye West Earns His First Spotify Song With Over 2 Billion Streams Ye also recently shared a list of his European tour dates this summer. By Aron A. May 22, 2026
Gossip Jim Jones' New Snippet Sparks 50 Cent & Dame Dash Diss Rumors Jim Jones has been feuding with 50 Cent and Dame Dash (who themselves have beef with each other) for a long time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2026
Music Toronto Mayor Disappointed When Drake-Given Nickname Isn’t Used At Press Conference Crolivia Chow wants some respect on her name. By Aron A. May 22, 2026