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Music Young Buck Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison, But There's A Catch Young Buck pleaded guilty to possessing a weapon after receiving a felony conviction in Tennessee court this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Aaron Hall Remains Missing Even After A Private Investigator's Efforts Aaron Hall has left lawyers and a private investigator completely dumbfounded as their many attempts to track him down have gone nowhere. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music Jadakiss Calls Jay-Z A "Professional Curver" After Hov Praised Him & Fat Joe Fat Joe and Jadakiss have different levels of hope when it comes to potentially securing a Jay-Z interview for their podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty’s Record Label Clarifies He’s Not In Jail Following Reports Of His Arrest Pooh Shiesty just finished spending three years behind bars for a firearm charge back in October. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026
Music Max B Admits He “Took His D*ck Out” During Angela Yee Interview In November, Max B was released from prison after spending roughly 16 years behind bars for a robbery-gone-wrong. By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music J. Cole Reveals The Release Date For "The Fall Off" With Gorgeous Teaser Trailer J. Cole has been teasing "The Fall Off" for years, and today, the artist came through with the album's official release date. By Alexander Cole January 14, 2026
Music Doechii & Adin Ross Beef, Explained Adin Ross fired back at Doechii in his verse on 6ix9ine’s “Bacon” after the TDE rapper threw shade at him on “girl, get up” ft. SZA. By Aron A. January 07, 2026
Music Cam'ron Shows Dame Dash Love For Standing Up To Jim Jones In Old Video Cam'ron saw Freekey Zekey's upload of a video of Jim Jones confronting Dame Dash with an entourage amid their current beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Streetwear Jay-Z Flexes An Incredibly Rare Patek Philippe During Fat Joe Linkup Jay-Z is always wearing some crazy timepieces on his wrist and this icy blue Patek Philippe is no exception. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music J. Cole Fails To Release "The Fall Off" Despite Rumors Of A Surprise Drop Hip-Hop media personalities were claiming that J. Cole might be dropping on Friday, but in the end, we were had. By Alexander Cole January 09, 2026
Music Ebro Darden Speaks Out After Mero Lands Hot 97's New Morning Show The first episode of "Mornings With Mero" will air on Tuesday with subsequent episodes airing weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026
Music Drake's Cryptic Message On Instagram Suggests "ICEMAN" Is Imminent Drake has been teasing "ICEMAN" for a hot minute, and his recent actions on social media suggest he's ready to drop. By Alexander Cole January 09, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg Offered Features In Exchange For Weed In Korea, Ben Baller Says Snoop Dogg once offered to record and clear a verse for anyone who can get him weed in Korea. By Aron A. March 29, 2023
Music Joe Budden Confronts DJ Akademiks For Not Defending Him Against Adin Ross Joe Budden took strong issue with Adin Ross' Doechii criticisms, and DJ Akademiks explained why he's not checking Ross' Budden disses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Mal Calls Andre 3000 The “Most Overrated Rapper” Of All Time According to Mal of the "New Rory & Mal" podcast, Andre 3000 is no longer one of his top five rappers for one simple reason. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks' Latest Update Suggests Drake's "ICEMAN" Is Dropping Sooner Than You Think The hype for Drake's "ICEMAN" album is off the charts right now, and DJ Akademiks cannot help himself with the updates. By Alexander Cole January 12, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Vinyl Allegedly Appears On Target Shelves Before Release This report led to fears about A$AP Rocky's new album "Don't Be Dumb" leaking, but no such leaks have occurred at press time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Music Kodak Black Has Fans Very Worried After Concerning Livestream Kodak Black has had his personal struggles for years and it's kept his fan base on their toes. Sadly, they are really worried for him again. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Drake Seems To Clown Rory Online And Prompts Hilarious Response Rory and Mal have had a lot of Drake takes in the past, although it's unclear what prompted this cheeky troll from the 6ix God. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 10, 2026
Music Lil Tjay Allegedly Mocks Adin Ross & Cuffem's Friend Konvy After Shooting Lil Tjay's beef with Adin Ross and Cuffem may have influenced his alleged reaction to Kick streamer Konvy being shot at during an NYC stream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 10, 2026

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