🤞🏽

[Kurrco @Kurrco]

DRAKE
3 NEW ALBUMS

TONIGHT 🚨

[Dro 💿 Vinyl News @99Vinyl]

So just thinking here,

Drake said I had to make this:

ICEMAN

In order to make these:

HABIBTI
MAID OF HONOUR

Is he about to pull a Frank Ocean on the label?

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Ticketmaster Canada will no longer allow tickets for concerts, sports, and other live events in Ontario to be resold above their original price starting next week.

Ontario’s newly passed Bill 97 caps all resale ticket prices, including fees, service charges, and applicable taxes.

[we used to be men @imaflymalcolmx]

Yes lmao

[we used to be men @imaflymalcolmx]

Yes lmao

[espnW @espnW]

Ashlon Jackson flipped the script in the Sweet 16 🔥

Flau'jae hit the trey in Jackson's face in the regular season, Jackson returned the favor with the tournament game-winner for Duke 🥶

[Cole World Charts @coleworldcharts]

Life as a J. Cole fan in 2026

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Live Nation generated $25.2 billion in revenue last year. The DOJ just let them off with a settlement that doesn’t require divesting Ticketmaster. Then the Slack messages leaked.

Ben Baker was a regional ticketing director when he wrote those messages in 2022. He’s since been promoted to head of ticketing for Venue Nation, responsible for all of Live Nation’s amphitheaters nationwide. The guy who called fans “so stupid” and bragged about gouging them on ancillary prices now runs ticketing for 150+ venues.

The messages are all about the extras. $199 for “VIP Club Admission” to a Kid Rock concert. $250 for VIP parking at a Virginia venue. $50 to park on grass. $60 for “closer grass.” $100 for oversized parking with no RV hookup and a three-quarter mile walk to the venue. Premier parking revenue at one venue hit $666,000 in 2021. Baker’s response: “Robbing them blind baby. That’s how we do it. I gouge them on ancil prices to make up for it.”

This is the playbook. Ticketmaster controls the primary ticket sale. Live Nation controls the venue. And the venue controls every dollar you spend after you walk through the gate. Parking, seating upgrades, lawn chair rentals, VIP access. None of those show up in Ticketmaster’s “service fee.” They’re classified as ancillary revenue, which means the new 15% fee cap in the DOJ settlement doesn’t touch them.

Live Nation’s own response tells you how seriously they take it. They called Baker a “junior staffer” chatting with “a friend.” He ran ticketing for a major Florida amphitheater. He now runs it for every amphitheater they own.

26 states and DC rejected the settlement. The judge scolded both Live Nation and the DOJ for negotiating in secret while a jury was being seated. The states want Ticketmaster divested entirely.

The messages were supposed to stay sealed. Live Nation fought to exclude them. Bloomberg, the New York Times, and other outlets petitioned for their release. Now you know why.

[Kacper$ @WRSTBOYONWEB]

Olivia Dean crying during let alone the one you love, the emotions in her voice oh wow

[★7 @TatianaSnead]

he is absolutely correct.

[🤞🏽 @not_fle]

A dawg congrats coach !

[Matt Zenitz @mzenitz]

The #Ravens are hiring Duke’s Harland Bower as their new outside linebackers coach, sources tell @CBSSports.

Informed Duke today that he’s accepting the job. Another respected college assistant headed to the NFL.

[J. Cole @JColeNC]

Your 1 listen reviews are fucking up hip hop.

[THA GREAT @NipseyHussle]

aye God Bless all yall....negativity dont breed success. i hope yo time comes and u deal with tha hate like a real one and dont blow it.100

[jordan @jrosethereturn]

all i could think of this whole track

[Dissect Podcast @dissectpodcast]

‘The Fall Off’ drops 2-6-26.

That’s two 26s.

2-6 is the nickname of Cumberland County, NC - it’s the 26th county - which includes J Cole’s hometown Fayetteville.

The cover appears to be his old bedroom, where it all began.

Cole is closing the circle, returning to the start.

[Wost🕷️ @mosthiphop]

THE FALL-OFF IS A DOUBLE ALBUM WE WON

[J. Cole @JColeNC]

The Fall-Off

[Chris Hummer @chris_hummer]

Missouri State is expected to hire SMU assistant running backs coach Tyler Foster as the Bears' running backs coach, sources tell @mzenitz and I.

Foster has made previous stops at Baylor and Kansas State in addition to a stint as a HS coach in Texas.