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Music JID Gives Cautiously Optimistic Update On Metro Boomin Album JID and Metro Boomin both dropped big projects this year, and their full-length team-up's been in the works for years now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Police Appear To Confirm Troy Ave Shoot-Out Was A Hoax Last month, celebrity chef Geoff Cole shared a video that appeared to show Troy Ave allegedly scaring off a wannabe robber with a gun. By Caroline Fisher August 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Teases A YSL Project From Label's Newer Generation Young Thug's new gen YSL project could tap 1300SAINT, Yung Kayo, Nine Vicious, and more. But this announcement amid a Gunna release? Huh... By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music JID Reveals He & J. Cole Finished A 15-Song Project Together JID, who dropped his own album, "God Does Like Ugly," on Friday, also hyped up J. Cole's upcoming project, "The Fall Off." By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music Gunna Gives Fans Much To Celebrate As Reactions To New Album "The Last Wun" Roll In Many Gunna fans also reminisced on his previous projects due to the new album "The Last Wun" reportedly being his final YSL offering. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music JID Defends J Cole's Kendrick Lamar Apology JID believes that J Cole has done too much for his Dreamville artists to lose sleep over an apology to Kendrick Lamar for a diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Diddy’s Legal Team Might Seek Home Confinement Instead Of Prison Time According to Diddy's attorney Marc Agnifilo, his client would be much better off outside of the prison system. By Caroline Fisher August 08, 2025
Music JID Fans Are Blown Away By New Album "God Does Like Ugly" JID enlisted a lot of very special guests for this album, but fans mostly praised the writing and production approach on "God Does Like Ugly." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Gunna Responds To Young Thug's Scathing Tweet & Delete On New Album "The Last Wun" The deleted tweet in question has to do with Gunna and Young Thug's fractured friendship after the YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Sports Megan Thee Stallion Joins Klay Thompson At The Sandlot Classic Baseball Game Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson have made several public appearances since they started dating, earlier this year. By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Unveils A List Of High-Profile Women That Have Allegedly Slept With Offset DJ Akademiks has provided extensive reports on Cardi B and Offset’s relationship from dating to marriage to the divorce announcement. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 07, 2025
Music Al B. Sure's Book Put On Hold By Publisher Simon & Schuster Al B. Sure and Kim Porter, Diddy’s Ex-Girlfriend, were married from 1989 until 1991. They share a son together, the actor and recording artist Quincy. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 07, 2025