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Music Nelly Recalls Taylor Swift Paying Him $50K In A McDonald's Bag The rapper recalled asking Taylor Swift to put his $50,000 payment in a McDonald's bag after agreeing to perform at her concert. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music Coachella 2027 Reportedly Closing In On SZA, Dua Lipa Drake was previously rumored to headline Coachella 2027, but new reports point toward SZA, Dua Lipa, and Tame Impala. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music Pharrell's Son Rocket Williams Follows In His Footsteps With New Beats A possible connection with North West has people talking as Pharrell's son Rocket Williams shares his latest production work. By Erika Marie October 30, 2026
Music Lil Baby & Lil Durk's Collab Album Was Supposed To Have Meek Mill Too "The Voice Of The Heroes" was almost a triple threat with Lil Durk, Lil Baby, and Meek Mill bringing Chicago, Atlanta, and Philly together. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026
Music Takeoff's Estate Wants Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed Over Alleged Destruction Of Evidence Takeoff was hit with a sexual assault lawsuit in 2020 from an anonymous woman who claimed they met at an Encino house party. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026
Music Maino Believes 50 Cent "Went Bad" As A Rapper A conversation with Joe Budden on the "Let's Rap About It" podcast led Maino to drop a hot take about 50 Cent's lyrical ability. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026
Music Lil Baby Thinks Rappers Who Fell Off Harder Don't Get As Much Hate As Him Lil Baby has been hit with "fell off" narratives for years now, a presumption he hopes to disprove on his upcoming album "Fresh." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026
Music Eazy The Block Captain Goes After Papoose Again In "Letter To Claressa" Diss Track Eazy The Block Captain and Papoose have been trading lyrical blows over their Remy Ma relationships and Claressa Shields' defense of Pap. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026
Music 2 Chainz & Statik Selektah Announce New Project "Playaz Only Live Once" The two just released the latest track from the project, "A Week In Paris." By Aron A. October 30, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Says Lil Baby Had No Respect For Him In DM Interaction Lil Baby and DJ Akademiks' feud continues to develop, with Ak recently claiming Baby's team offered to pay him for promo despite their beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026
Music Lil Baby Breaks Silence On His Current Relationship With Gunna Lil Baby opens up about his relationship with Gunna. By Aron A. October 30, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Retracts Claim That Drake's About To Sign Huge Record Deal DJ Akademiks clarified that his Drake insight is not an announcement, but rather a prediction following the end of the rapper's UMG deal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2026