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Music Freddie Gibbs Allegedly Disses J Cole Following Dreamville MC's New Song "cLOUDs" Freddie Gibbs allegedly took to his Instagram burner account to dismissively react to J Cole's new single, "cLOUDs." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music We'll Hold That! The Joe Budden Podcast Reacts To Drake's First Week Sales For "$$$4U" Joe Budden may have called Drake a "corpse" a few episodes ago, but first week sales for "$$$4U" showed him that Drizzy's not going anywhere. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Kanye West & Bianca Censori Shift Focus To Fashion Film After Controversial Grammys Stunt Reportedly, Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have a new fashion film in the works, intended to provide "a view into his vision of her." By Caroline Fisher February 22, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Lawyer Joe Tacopina Just Beat the Case—Here Are The Hip-Hop Stars He Has Represented From Foxy Brown to YG, Joe Tacopina has been a go-to attorney for hip-hop's brightest stars. By Aron A. February 22, 2025
Music Young Thug Demands That The State Return His Luxury Items They Seized During YSL Raid Authorities reportedly took $149K in cash, cars, jewelry, and other luxury items from Young Thug during the raid that arrested him years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Agrees To Remove Some Mysterious Allegations From UMG Lawsuit Drake's defamation lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" will reportedly look quite different now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Drake Teases "Celebration" After "$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U" Goes Number One A victory for Drizzy and PND. By Elias Andrews February 22, 2025
Music Diddy Lawyer Refuses To "Continue" Defense And Quits Trafficking Case The lawyer requested a relief. By Elias Andrews February 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Disses Adin Ross And Praises Kai Cenat In The Same Tweet Ye took a break from the controversy. By Elias Andrews February 22, 2025
Music Jaguar Wright Responds To "Defender Of Freedom" Award Backlash By Being Unbothered Jaguar Wright speaks. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 22, 2025
Music Jadakiss Fears "Not Like Us" Could Have Negative Impact On Rappers The rapper is thinking big picture. By Elias Andrews February 21, 2025
Music French Montana Gets Torched For Dropping New Song With Lara Trump The song is not great, either. By Elias Andrews February 21, 2025