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Music 50 Cent Tries To One-Up Dame Dash After Dame's Talk Show Gets Greenlit 50 Cent and Dame Dash's beef continues to pit their business acumen against each other, and things already got personal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Chimed In On "ICEMAN's" Future Feature Rumors DJ Akademiks doesn't think Drake's mind may have changed since he initially responded to rumors that he squashed his Future beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Diddy Cites His First Amendment Rights To "Freak-Offs" In Appeal Brief Prosecutors blasted Diddy and his defense team's attempts to get him out of prison, claiming that his "freak-offs" were not consensual. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Papoose & Claressa Shields Go Ballistic Over 50 Cent's Cheating Allegations 50 Cent accused Papoose's girlfriend Claressa Shields of cheating on him with Maserati Bud, and all three targets responded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Drake Fans Are Convinced He Just Revealed "ICEMAN's" Release Date The hype for Drake's "ICEMAN" is as high as it's ever been, and rumors of rollout strategies and features are becoming more inescapable. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
TV Dame Dash Talk Show Gets Approved By BET Dame Dash has received some thrilling news about a talk show he's producing and hosting called "OG Stories." By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Fans Believe They Just Found Drake's Instagram Burner Account Drake did have his "Plot Twist" account drop a lot of material over the past few years, so maybe this is part of the "ICEMAN" rollout. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music 42 Dugg Secures Victory In Court Due To Missing Witness In Threat Case 42 Dugg was accused by a woman who allegedly was pregnant with his child of threatening her physically via online messages. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Jackboy Enters Prison Debate With Pointed Comments For Kodak Black Another one of Kodak Black's enemies, Jackboy, is chiming in with his two cents on the former's time in protective custody. By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Kodak Black Claims He's Sober, But Doesn't Care To Convince Fans Kodak Black has been concerning fans with his behavior for a while now, but he claims he hasn't gotten high in a long time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Politics The White House Uses Lil Wayne's Music To Promote U.S. Strikes On Iran Given Lil Wayne's previous support of United States President Donald Trump, this White House TikTok garnered some controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Kanye West Adds Second Los Angeles Show After A Million People Queued Up This expansion of Kanye West's Los Angeles concert stop comes amid the incoming arrival of his new album "BULLY." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026