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Music 6ix9ine Mocks Top5’s Stabbing In Heated Instagram Live Argument Top5 got on Instagram Live with 6ix9ine and Akademiks to discuss Young Thug and Ralo. Unsurprisingly, things did not go that smoothly. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025
Music Ralo Goes After Young Thug On Instagram Following Alleged Leaked Audio Ralo had more words for Young Thug after alleged leaked audios of him discussing Lil Baby became public for fans to hear. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025
Music Young Thug Finally Explains His Issue With Gunna And His Plea Deal In Alleged Leaked Call An alleged leaked jail call with 21 Savage saw Young Thug allegedly explain why Gunna lost his friendship after the YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2025
Music Jay-Z Capitalizes On “Imaginary Players” Success With Music Video Re-Release On YouTube Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” was a diss track about Ma$e. It sampled the 1981 track “Imaginary Playmates” by Rene & Angela. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Young Thug Plans To Address Allegations & More In Upcoming Album “Uy Scuti” Young Thug has been questioned by social media about his character following a news report of a 2-hour interrogation with law enforcement. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Hot 97’s Funk Flex Fires Back At DJ Enuff’s TMZ Interview With A Warning Funk Flex and DJ Enuff are staples in Hot 97’s legacy. Funk Flex announced his final show ahead of the Labor Day show. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Rihanna Celebrates 20 Years In Music With Touching Tribute Rihanna has become one of the most successful musicians and entrepreneurs of our time and she decided to celebrate by thanking everyone. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025
Music Gunna Rallies His Day Ones With Passionate Gym Speech Gunna announced a 5k run through Brooklyn in support of his non-profit organization and new album, The Last Wun. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Lil Baby Allegedly Disses Gunna & Offset In Snippet From "The Leak$" Lil Baby and Gunna have taken many subliminal shots at each other for a couple of years now, but with the Young Thug scandal, its amplified. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025
Music The Alchemist Denies Announcing The Release Date For His Erykah Badu Joint Album There were rumblings earlier this month that The Alchemist did in fact announce said information as "Abi & Alan" was slated to drop Aug. 29. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Feels "Lonely At The Top" On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Joey Bada$$' long-awaited new album "Lonely At The Top," we got a new (technically old) track from Eminem. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2025
Music Ralo & Wack 100 Passionately Stand With QC P Against Young Thug Ralo and Wack 100 have already made their stances on Young Thug very clear amid this snitching scandal, but things are spiraling even more. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2025