Pop Culture

Alessia Cara Creates Giant Desk After NPR Tiny Desk Rejections

Alessia Cara is making the most of being told "no." The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter unveiled her own live performance series, dubbed Giant Desk, on Wednesday (June 10), after revealing that NPR's popular Tiny Desk Concert series had passed on featuring her multiple times. "Well Tiny Desk said no to me a couple times so I exercised free will and built my own!" Cara wrote on X and...

Taylor Swift Gifts Autographed Guitar & Letter to Young Fan

Taylor Swift has once again shown her knack for connecting with fans in meaningful ways, this time surprising an 8-year-old Swiftie from Ohio with a personalized gift package after a viral neighborhood moment. In April 2026, Madeline Hulec from Lakewood, Ohio (near Cleveland), was doing homework when she heard her neighbor, musician Ethan Hayes, playing guitar outside. A big Taylor Swift fan, Madeline wrote a...

Bill Cosby Bites The Prison Dust…Again

Several months following Bill Cosby's infamous sentencing, a Philadelphia judge rejects his solemn plea for bail. It was just this past September when the formerly...

Fire Breaks Out at Chester Zoo in The United Kingdom

A huge blaze broke out at the Chester Zoo in Cheshire, United Kingdom. Medics treated one person for smoke inhalation. However, no other injuries have...

Ethnic Violence in Ethiopia: 21 Dead. 61 Injured.

Tragic news out of south Ethiopia. After two days of fighting between ethnic groups, at least 21 people have been killed and 61 others wounded....

Bird Smuggler (and 70 Birds) Caught at JFK Airport

On Saturday, a Guyanese citizen tried to smuggle 70 finches into the United States. How? By stuffing the birds in plastic hair rollers then...

Explosion at Japanese restaurant injures 40

41 people have been injured after an explosion rocked a bar in Sapporo, North Japan. It allegedly came from Umisakura, a Japanese-style pub around 8:30...

Trump Thinks SNL is Breaking the Law

President Trump took to Twitter again to vent his rage over SNL. And as much as we'd like to believe that he can't shock us...

California Proposes a Tax on Texting

Don't hit that send button yet! If you live in California, you may have to pay a state-wide text tax. Possibly as soon as next month. The...

Cardi Tells Anyone Coming for Her Team to Fuck Off

Cardi defends her publicist, Patience after she allowed Offset to interrupt her performance. Cardi's publicist, Patience, is also under fire for allowing Offset to come...

Russian Influence over Social Media is Still Strong

According to a Senate report, Russian influence over social media is still very powerful. New Knowledge, a private internet security firm, conducted the report. The...

Sleep On The Job: Buddy Knocked The Fuck Out!

Sleep on the job only caused one result if caught... termination. This man must be days behind on rest. Watch the video here: http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhwRGgXjIrBc9gRnTE Somebody wake this...

She Was Loving It: Granny Getting Backshots on Dancefloor!

She loved it! Granny getting backshots on the dancefloor just like in the old days when she was younger!Watch the video:https://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhUY70HU33mTAYq57E And shout out to the...

Daddy Long Neck & Wide Neck Claim They’re “Neckst Up”

Daddy Long Neck & Wide Neck drop a music video on why they "Neckst Up"... And it's surprisingly pretty good. https://youtu.be/kH00Kms0eC0 This video is hilariously corny....