Kodak Black has struggled with drug addiction. It’s led him to many bad situations, including prison. He doesn’t want others to follow his path of shame. Speaking to a youth football team in his home state of Florida, Yak delivered a very honest anti-drug message. Kodak Black stops by a youth football team in Florida […]
Drake has long cultivated friendships with ballers Two basketball players he’s been tight with, LeBron James and DeMar DeRozan, have favored Kendrick Lamar in their beef. However, Steph Curry has stayed loyal and was recently caught on tape telling Lebron how sick he is of hearing “Not Like Us.” This week, he explained why he’s still […]
Drake dropped three new songs this afternoon. One of them, “It’s Up,” features 21 Savage. Savage was one of the few rappers who stuck with Drake when Drizzy’s old friends like Future and Rick Ross turned on him. This is probably why some folks think Savage went after Kendrick Lamar on the track. Fans think […]
Taylor Swift will put an end to Kanye West’s streak of number-one albums 11. According to HitsDailyDouble, The Tortured Poets Department will log another week at number one, with an SPS of 125K. That’s about double what she did last week, thanks to a new variant and a discount in her online store. It will easily […]
Nicki Minaj doesn’t seem to like that her half-sister Ming Luanli is talking about her in interviews. Nicki ripped a big mouth while on StationHead. Alhthough she didn’t mention Ming’s name, it’s. Mainly, because Ming is an up-and-coming rapper, who recently had an interview on the podcast We In Miami. [embedded content] “Why would a […]
R&B singer Jon B has two problems with Gunna and Chloe Bailey sampling his song “They Don’t Know” for their cut “You & Me.” One, neither of them asked his permission to sample the record. Two, he hates the way it sounds. Damn, Jon B didn’t like Gunna and Chloe Bailey sampling his record They […]
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According to HitsdailyDouble, Ice Spice’s Y2K! did 20K in its first week and landed 34 on their album chart. Billboard has her at a more respectable 28K and 18th place. We are not sure what’s going on with that rather large discrepancy. Ice reacted to the larger number on Twitter with a reference to her first project. […]
Hookahs were a big thing a decade or so ago. Now, they aren’t as big of a thing. The Game believes they shouldn’t be a thing at all if you have an X and a Y chromosome. The Game speaks on men smoking hookah: “Any n**** that smoke hookah can jump up & land in […]
When Eminem was hot, there was no streaming. However, the 51-year-old has adjusted well to the streaming era. On the back of his new album The Death Of Slim Shady he became only the seventh artist ever to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify. The other six are quite a bit younger. Drake – 101bTaylor Swift […]
One could say that Tory Lanez has been pretty productive during his 10-year prison sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. Last month, the rapper said he “cracked the code” on how to make high-quality music over the prison phone. He then dropped his project, Prison Tapes, and people were impressed by how good it sounded. Tory called […]
Rumors are flying about why Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset. And it’s not necessarily the cheating. According to a source who spoke to People, Offset wasn’t helping out enough with the kids. “As a mom, she expects a partner that contributes fully and that puts the family first. This just wasn’t happening. In […]
The Gunna rehabilitation tour continues. This weekend, YSL founder Mondo apologized to Gunna for suggesting he snitched. The founder of Young Stoner Life ‘YSL Mondo’ apologizes for labelling Gunna a rat 🐍 “Saying Gunna was a rat was dead ass wrong […] technically he didn’t rat he just kinda folded under pressure […] I’m not […]
A lot of folks think Gunna snitched on Young Thug and the rest of the YSLs. However, Thugger has never expressed that opinion. In fact, Thug’s dad, Jeffery Williams Sr., has gone out of his way to say Wunna did nothing wrong. He did it again by appearing in Gunna’s video for “One Of Wun”. […]
Vultures 2 actually dropped late last night. Kanyologists are currently studying the lyrics. For now, we have some shade Ye applied to Drake on the track “5:30” Kanye namedrops Drake on VULTURES 2 👀 “You a fake b*tch, you don’t really love Ye b*tch, go listen to Drake b*tch” — Kanye on 5:30 pic.twitter.com/ZQjJEN9RTq — […]
Mustard is about 80 percent of the reason Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss “Not Like Us” is a smash hit. But his own music isn’t doing so well. The producer’s album Faith Of A Mustard Seed just finished off its first week with a mediocre 18K. He responded by lashing out at Drake in a racial […]
Big Sean’s interview with Charlamagne is notable for its discussion of Sean’s beef with Kendrick Lamar and an apology Kendrick sent Sean’s way for dissing him in a leaked verse. But CTG doesn’t believe Sean and Kendrick are on equal footing. During the chat, CTG made it clear he doesn’t think the Detroit spitter is on […]
If you are following the saga of Ice Spice’s weight, you know the number on the scale keeps getting smaller and smaller. Ice Spice has made it clear she’s dropping the LBS through sweat equity, not Ozempic. But the latest photo of Spice has sparked widespread concern that she’s wasting away. Fans worried over Ice […]
There were two big pieces of personal news from Cardi B yesterday. First, that she is divorcing Offset. Second, that she is pregnant. If you are wondering if the thing in her belly belongs to set, she’s answered that in her divorce filing. Bardi, who cites “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the divorce, is […]
About a decade ago, Young Money was the hottest imprint in the game. That’s because of Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minaj. During a stop on the All The Smoke podcast, Weezy discussed how he met his two young charges. Lil Wayne Tell His Story On How He Met Nicki Minaj & Drake pic.twitter.com/4F11nNOh2f — Shawn […]
Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean have been slick-talking each other since Kendrick jumped on “Control.” Earlier this year, an alternative verse of Kendrick’s track “Element” leaked. In it, Kendrick names Sean. “Big Sean keep sneak dissin,’ I let it slide/ I think his false confidence got him inspired / I can’t make them respect you, […]
What does The Game, Lil Pump, and YG have in common? They’ve all helped the streamer Vitaly catch a supposed child predator, although many suspect the videos are staged. Now, Akon can be added to the list of artists joining the to-catch-a-predator trend. But he was in a video hosted by Russian streamer, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy. […]
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Lil Yachty has pissed off New York by dissing the city’s fashion sense, and the anti-Drake crowd by claiming Drizzy was utterly unbothered by Kendrick’s attacks. Now, he wishes he had kept his mouth shut and will be taking a break from the internet. Lil Yachty says he’s quitting the internet and deleting apps off […]
Kelis will be 45 this month. This raises the question of whether her milkshakes will still be bringing the boys to the yard at her advanced age. She answered that with a video message about wellness. Kelis speaks on Wellness as she prepares for her 45th birthday on the 21st of this month 🎂 pic.twitter.com/vGHNTPNnNi […]
JPEGMAFIA tries to Diddy Drake on his new track “The New Black History.” “Rappers they know what it is // If I show you a Drac’, I ain’t playin’ with kids,” he raps. “Specially when ya’ll cashing out for PDF’s and rapers (No Drizzy)” After getting called out, he followed that up by telling any […]
There was a time in the early aughts when 50 Cent considered Fat Joe, Cam’ron, and Jadakiss his enemies. Some might remember that he was mad at Jada and Joe for being on the song “New York” with his foe Ja Rule. As for Cam’ron, he and 50 got into a big argument on New […]
Whether they admit it or not, all rappers strive for that number one spot on the Hot 100. Some are better than others at achieving it. Here are the rappers who have spent the most weeks at number. 86 – Drake60 – Eminem47 – Jay Z35 – 50 Cent33 – T.I31 – Kanye West22 – […]