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Before becoming an ambient trap pioneer, Xang was content to be a loose thread in the tapestry of DMV hip-hop. “I felt like I wasn't the main character, like I don’t really need rap,” the 24-year-old Maryland rapper tells me over the phone.

Drake has begun teasing his “next chapter”, which he claims may leave fans “feeling uneasy” – see what he had to say below.The Canadian ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper took to Instagram last night (March 10) to begin the tease, writing: “U know I grew up non confrontational and always treated this game as a sport where my pen won gold, but my these days the podium has been hard for all of us to ignore.”He goes on to continue: “I understand that this next chapter may leave you feeling uneasy, but I hope you see my honesty as clarity not charity that answers some questions especially about the unanswered texts you’ve been sending me.”Check out the full post below.A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)While the opening line of his post about growing up “non confrontational” may seemingly refer to last year’s heated beef with Kendrick Lamar – in August Drake teased “round two” in the feud though nothing has stemmed from it so far – the rest of his post is up to interpretation.Drake most recently teamed up with PartyNextDoor for the album ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ on Valentines Day.

Doechii will receive the Woman of the Year Award at Billboard’s 2025 Women in Music Event.

Ethan Shanfeld Simon Rex and Natalie Lind will star in a campy horror comedy titled “Halloween Store,” which follows a group of people who find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose. “Murder Company” director Shane Dax Taylor is helming the movie, which is executive produced by Kenan Thompson and John Ryan Jr.

Cardi B has given her verdict on You‘s season five trailer, teasing that fans are “gonna gag”.Ahead of the now-released trailer’s launch, Netflix dropped a promo video featuring the rapper, which she begins by declaring in the style of Penn Badgley’s character Joe Goldberg: “Hello, you…”.She then confirmed that the trailer would drop the following day, telling viewers: “When I tell you… girl, I am shook. I just saw it… hmm, I’ma be messy.

Naman Ramachandran Sony Music Entertainment label RCA Records Greater China has struck a partnership with Iris Chengdu, the independent label and music collective founded by Chengdu-based producer Andre Grant (aka Harakiri). The partnership will launch five albums over the next 12 months, showcasing Iris Chengdu’s roster of artists including Vinida Weng, Haysen Cheng, Miles, Swag Kelly, and Harakiri himself.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Comedian Druski and NFL player Odell Beckham Jr. have been included in a sexual-assault lawsuit against Sean “Diddy,” Combs, the latest in more than 100 filed against the embattled rapper-entrepreneur, who has been in police custody since September.

Cardi B may be a Grammy-winning rapper, but she is a fan of Netflix‘s You first and foremost. In previewing the official trailer for the twisty crime series, which drops tomorrow, the streamer enlisted the “WAP” singer to give her spoiler-free reactions.

DDG is making a big accusation against ex-girlfriend Halle Bailey.

Two months before Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial begins in New York, the U.S. Attorney’s office today brought down a new charge against the “All About the Benjamins” performer and shoved back hard on the former mini-mogul’s efforts to have evidence held by federal agents squashed.

Doechii has been a staple at Paris Fashion Week over the past few days, attending multiple fashion shows!

We’ve got photos of all the biggest stars who attended the Chloe Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Thursday (March 6) in Paris, France.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com How far would you go to lift a deadly curse? Ahead of the film’s world premiere at this year’s SXSW, Annapurna Sriram‘s “Fucktoys” has unveiled its trailer exclusively to Variety, teasing a grindhouse adventure through a town named Trashtown, USA. After a woman named AP (Sriram) loses a tooth and is unexpectedly cast with a curse, psychics promise that it can be lifted by a measly $1,000 payment and animal sacrifice.

EXCLUSIVE: Belgian director Olivier Pairoux’s thriller Vigilante is being billed as one of the most ambitious feature projects set to come out of French-speaking Belgium this year.

GloRilla is heating up some new campaign images for Rihanna‘s Savage X Fenty brand!

We have an update on the Tyga and Madelaine Petsch dating rumors!

A$AP Rocky is spending the day on set!

Jennifer Hudson and Common are stepping out for date night!

Jay-Z is lying and “reeks of desperation,” says the lawyer representing the Jane Doe who accused the Grammy-winning rapper and the incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs of repeatedly raping her in 2000. In an already pugilistic case that was dismissed by the plaintiff on Valentine’s Day after it was played out in court and in the press for months, Tony Buzbee today claims things have turned even more “nasty” in recent weeks.

First and foremost known as a rapper, Doja Cat — along with “Born Again” collaborators Lisa and Raye — took to the Oscars stage last night to perform a medley of songs from the James Bond franchise, in a sizable tribute to 007. Now, she’s addressing some of the online criticism regarding her performance.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Conan O’Brien shocked the Oscars with a joke about the ongoing beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake, and it’s one that earned the joke writer some cash. Comedian and writer Skyler Higley was the brains behind the joke, and he revealed on X during the show: “Wrote the Kendrick Lamar joke and bet our executive producer $50 that it would kill.