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Klay Thompson to Drake: 'See You in the Bay, Aubrey. Weren’t Talking Tonight, Were Ya? With Your Bum Ass'
The rapper Drake doesn’t play basketball. In fact, after losing leg mobility to gun violence in high school, when he went by the name Jimmy, Drake was confined to a wheelchair and therefore was unable… Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Steve, Drake isn’t in a wheelchair, that was his character when he played on Degrassi: The…
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Dear NBA, If You're Reading This It's Too Late to Stop Drake
“I got enemies, got a lot of enemies; Got a lot of people tryna drain me of my energy; They tryna take the waaaaaaaave from a nigga; Fuckin’ with the kid, and pray for your nigga” — Drake, “Energy” Drake is a full-fledged supervillain. Despite the NBA’s best efforts to wave kryptonite in his face…
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Less Life: NBA Tells Drake to Pump the Brakes With the Sideline Antics
While Drake might have free reign over the Billboard charts or your summertime Spotify playlist, it would appear his sovereignty has its limitations, as evidenced by the NBA calling Pusha T’s favorite rapper into the principal’s office. For those out the loop, as the Toronto Raptors have spent the past few weeks snatching the souls…
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Oh Na Na, What's His Name? It's Drake, But Kanye Isn't 'Allowed' to Say it
What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to Drake, it probably doesn’t matter to Kanye, because he can’t say it. Mr. West is set to appear on David Letterman’s intriguing series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman when the 2nd season drops on Netflix on May 31. With Letterman’s expert skills,…
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2019 Billboard Music Awards: Drake Takes Home 12 Awards, Breaks All-Time Record
The 2019 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) ceremony has come and gone. The big winner of the night? Mr. Aubrey Drake Graham. Sure everyone couldn’t stop talking about a certain bootleg Beychella performance or Cardi’s red carpet slip, but let’s roundup the actual wins! It’s why we’re here, after all. Well, maybe. Certainly why they’re (the…
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’80s, Baby: Check Out the Totally Rad Retro Makeovers One Artist Gave a Few of Our Faves
No, it’s not #ThrowbackThursday—but we’re willing to call it #WayBackWednesday, because we’re knee-deep in nostalgia after seeing a series of artworks immortalizing some of our faves as 1980s icons (h/t Hot New Hip Hop). To some, these may just be cute reimaginings, but for those of us *cough* who were there the first time, the…
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Drake Reportedly Bought Himself a $400,000 Custom Phone Case for Valentine's Day (and All I Want Is a Condo)
Lord, let me find somebody who loves me like Drake loves Drake. My solidly middle-class problems just started feeling real, real broke when I heard buzz that Drake, the Champagne Papi known for handing out caviar dreams to unsuspecting people on the street, decided to celebrate his Best Rap Song Grammy win (and himself, because…
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No Drake, Childish Gambino or Kendrick Lamar? Basically, Cardi B Is Putting on the 2019 Grammy Halftime Show
It’s about that time—the 2019 Grammys ceremony is coming up soon! However, it looks like the awards show deemed “music’s biggest night” had a tough time booking performers. According to the New York Times, major artists in the pop and hip hop industries— including Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Childish Gambino—have opted not to perform at…
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Dear Writers, What Do You Have Saved in Your Drafts?
If you’re somebody who writes for a living or as a hobby or because it’s not that you won’t stop, it’s that you can’t stop, then there’s a really good chance you use some sort of publishing platform to share your thoughts with the world. Many of us started out on Blogspot or whatever came…
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10 Thoughts About Soulja Boy's Awesome and Entertaining Appearance on The Breakfast Club
If you live under a (non-cocaine) rock, there’s a better than 100 percent chance that you were confused as to why Soulja Boy (is it still Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em?) was all over your social media timelines on Wednesday. It is the year of our lord 2019—why in West Hell would that lil “Superman dat…