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Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Elite Company By Reaching 50 Billion Total Streams On Spotify Only a select few hip-hop artists have ever reached as many total streams as Kendrick Lamar now has on Spotify. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Music Adin Ross Breaks Silence On Drake & Stake Gambling Lawsuit The lawsuit against Adin Ross argues that online gambling “threatens the welfare of Missouri residents and especially its young people." By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Battle Rap Legend Posta Boy Dead At 43 Posta Boy was the first winner of BET's "106 & Park Freestyle Friday" and has been honored in the show's Hall of Fame. By Cole Blake October 28, 2025
Music Mysterious Tweet Surfaces On Capital STEEZ' Twitter Account Is "King Capital" on the way? By Mitch Findlay June 12, 2017
Music Lil Tjay Recalls Waking Up From Coma Following 2022 Shooting Back in 2022, New York rapper Lil Tjay was shot seven times during an attempted robbery. Now, he recalls what it was like emerging from a coma. By Erika Marie May 13, 2026
Politics UK Government Faces Increased Pressure To Block Kanye West From Wireless Festival Following the release of "Bully," Kanye West is scheduled to headline London's iconic Wireless Festival in July. By Cole Blake April 06, 2026
Music Rapper Who Inspired The "For The D" Challenge Arrested For Putting Child In A Lyft She wanted the driver to take her son to school. By Erika Marie April 27, 2019
Sneakers Nike Releases Star-Studded "Rip The Script" Short Ahead Of World Cup Nike has released "Rip The Script," a six-minute short film featuring some of the biggest names in soccer and entertainment. By Ben Atkinson June 04, 2026
Music Lil Baby Catches Heat For Allegedly Fabricating His New Weed Strain's Staggering Revenue "WHAM" allegedly netted Baby $30 million in 15 days, and fans are skeptical. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2025
Music Diddy’s Mother Janice Combs Fires Back Amid Lawsuit Over Alleged Fraud Former Bad Boy executive Kirk Burrowes alleges that he was swindled out of his 25% stake and 15% profit cut of the label. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Streetwear Latto's Booty Devours Skimpy Shorts & Leaves Everyone Speechless Latto is the "Sugar Honey Iced Tea". By Zachary Horvath July 08, 2024
Sports Drake Disses LeBron James Once Again On New Song "What Did I Miss?" Some Drake fans also applied this apparent LeBron James diss to The Weeknd, which goes to show the breadth of "What Did I Miss?" By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025