With interesting timing , Drake's Certified Lover Boy , his sixth studio album has arrived with a week after Kanye West dropped is much anticipated album , Donda. With interesting artwork, Drake's album is leading out with much better reviews that Kanye's Donda at this point. Listen and let us know your opinion on the new Drake Drop.
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A$AP Rocky and Bilt Pays Tenants’ Rent In Old Harlem Apartments
A$AP Rocky, teaming with Bilt, is leveraging his celebrity and personal history to address housing costs in Harlem, the neighborhood where he was raised. The rapper has partnered with Bilt to pay the January 2026 rent for tenants living in his childhood apartment building. According to details shared as part of a new promotional campaign tied to his upcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BILT (@bilt) The initiative places Harlem at the center of th
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50 Cent Is The Most-Streamed NYC Rapper For Third Year In A Row
50 Cent is letting the numbers talk again, as it was revealed that the mogul crowned the most-streamed New York City (NYC) rapper of 2025 for the third straight year. The distinction came via music stats account Diverse Mentality, which dropped the news on December 30 after reviewing YouTube’s global streaming charts. Rather than popping champagne, 50 brushed it off like routine work. “I thought we got over this guys, it is the way it is. LOL @bransoncognac,” he wrote on Instagram. The capti
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Trump Announces Withdrawal of National Guard Troops From Some US Cities
US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use troops for policing. "We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again," Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year's Eve. Earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration withdrew its legal attempts to keep control of troops deployed in LA. Last wee
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The Quiet Comeback of Physical Media
Contemporary media is built around streaming and subscriptions, but there is a small, noticeable backlash that treats physical stuff—DVDs, CDs, vinyl, even print books—as a kind of analog flex. Physical music sales are on track for their first overall increase in about twenty years, with vinyl still growing and CD declines slowing enough to nudge total album units up a few percent. Writers covering the trend point out that collectors, superfans and a lot of Gen Z buyers are driving that change,
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Cardi B Contacts Sweet 16 Victim Shot Multiple Times In Brooklyn
Cardi B offered words of comfort and encouragement to a teenage shooting victim following a violent incident that disrupted a Sweet 16 celebration in Brooklyn on December 14. The Grammy-winning artist reached out privately after learning the injured teen was the cousin of a close family friend, according to a video later shared online. Cardi B surprises her friend’s little cousin with a call and gifts after she was shot multiple times in a mass shooting at her Sweet 16 party in NY 🙏🏽💯 pic.t
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Isiah Whitlock Jr., ‘The Wire Star’, Dead at 71
Hollywood is mourning a tragic loss. Isiah Whitlock Jr.—best known for his roles in The Wire, Your Honor, Veep and several Spike Lee films—has died, his manager confirmed Dec. 30. He was 71. "It is with tremendous sadness that I share the passing of my dear friend and client Isiah Whitlock Jr.," Brian Liebman wrote on Instagram alongside photos of the actor. "If you knew him - you loved him. A brilliant actor and even better person. May his memory forever be a blessing." He concluded, "Our h
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