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Drake Makes a Major Move in Exchange for Documents in Lawsuit

Drake has made a major chess move in exchange for documents in his lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Drake Drops iHeartMedia From Texas Court Probe On Monday (March 3), Rolling Stone reported iHeartMedia is no longer a defendant in Drake’s probe into alleged payola in connection to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” The two parties have come to an “amicable resolution” after Drizzy […]

Famous Dex Says Rich The Kid Wouldn’t Be Who He Is Without Him, But Is He Right?

Famous Dex is convinced he’s the reason why Rich The Kid is the star he is today. On Saturday (March 1), the Dex Meets Dexter artist took shots at his Forever Rich label head following what’s been a relatively slow start to the year for the two. “Rich, you wouldn’t even be who you are if it weren’t […]

Drake and PartyNextDoor’s Some Sexy Songs 4 U No. 1 Billboard 200

Drake has finally put a number in the win column in his nearly year-long beef with Kendrick Lamar by knocking K-Dot out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Drake and PartyNextDoor’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U Album Tops Billboard 200 On Sunday (Feb. 23), Drizzy further entrenched himself in Billboard history by notching his 14th No. 1 album, […]

A$AP Rocky Expands His Empire With New Ray-Ban Creative Director Position

Rapper A$AP Rocky will continue to make his mark in the fashion world as the first creative director of Ray-Ban. Ray-Ban is stepping into a bold new era, and they’re doing it with none other than A$AP Rocky at the helm. The legacy eyewear brand just announced the multi-hyphenate artist as its first-ever creative director, solidifying his […]

Today in Chicago History: Arrest photo of a young Bernie Sanders emerges

Chicago police officers carry Bernie Sanders, 21, to a police wagon from a civil rights demonstration at West 73rd Street and South Lowe Avenue in August 1963. He was charged with resisting arrest, found guilty and fined $25. He was a University of Chicago student at the time. (Tom Kinahan/Chicago Tribune) The Champaign native is […]

Muni Long Thinks R&B Could Use More Emotion And Range: “Some Party Songs Would Be Fun”

Muni Long believes R&B would benefit from more people “exploring sounds and getting vulnerable.” On Tuesday (Feb. 18), the “Time Machine” singer joined fellow vocal powerhouses Kehlani, H.E.R. and Victoria Monét, among many others, in discussing the genre’s new golden era. In conversation with The New York Times Style Magazine, Long spoke about how R&B keeps […]

Today in History: FDR signs order authorizing Japanese-American internment

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2025. There are 315 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the internment of 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry, including U.S.-born citizens. Also on […]

New USDA chief eyes food stamp ban on junk food

ATLANTA – Newly-appointed Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that she intends to push for restrictions on the types of food that can be purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps, according to New York Post. Rollins said she will collaborate with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon […]

A$AP Rocky found not guilty in assault case

A California jury has found A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, stemming from a 2021 shooting incident with a former friend in Los Angeles. Attorneys for the hip-hop artist and actor, who is the longtime partner of the singer and businesswoman Rihanna, had argued the weapon was a prop […]

Young Thug & Kanye West Prop Up Drake As Kendrick Lamar Chatter Settles

Following the release of “$ome $exy $ongs 4 U,” his new collaborative album with PARTYNEXTDOOR, their single “Gimme A Hug” is pulling in millions of streams. By all accounts, the last year has been challenging for Drake, but it looks like the OVO Sound co-founder finally has something to celebrate. On Saturday (February 15), the […]