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Music Hip-Hop Albums & Songs Dropping Tonight, July 24, 2026 There are a few hip-hop albums dropping tonight, as well as some big songs from some of the culture's biggest artists. By Alexander Cole July 23, 2026
Numbers Rick Ross Hit With Disappointing First Week Sales Projections For "Set In Stone" Rick Ross just dropped off his new album, "Set In Stone," and it doesn't appear as though the album is performing. By Alexander Cole July 22, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar's Next Song Now Has A Snippet: Listen Kendrick Lamar will be featured on the next DJ Dahi project, on a song called "How To Pray" which also features Amber Mark. By Alexander Cole July 20, 2026
Music YG Blows Out The Game In Verzuz YG took the cake. By Tallie Spencer July 24, 2026
Music Drake Doesn't Have Nice Things To Say About Lefty Gunplay Drake was asked by Adam22 whether or not he would do a song with Lefty Gunplay, and it led to a very honest answer. By Alexander Cole July 20, 2026
Music Alley Boy Dead At 42 The Atlanta rapper reportedly passed away after a long battle with kidney failure. By Aron A. July 20, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Reveals Who His Two Favorite Rappers Are Lil Wayne was recently on "Friends Keep Secrets" with Lil Dicky and Benny Blanco, where he was asked about his favorite rapper. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Music Future's Loyalty To Drake Questioned After World Cup Outing With Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, & Rihanna Future pulled up to the World Cup with Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell, which has confused all of the Drake fans. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Music Blueface Detained During Live Stream After Being Swatted Blueface was on a live stream with the mother of his child, Nevaeh, and it ended with him being swatted with police and CPS. By Alexander Cole July 22, 2026
Music DJ Bigga Rankin Has Passed Away Bigga Rankin played a major role in the Southern hip-hop scene. By Aron A. July 20, 2026
Music Rick Ross Claps Back At 50 Cent For Clowning His Album Sales Rick Ross remains in a feud with 50 Cent, and the two have been going back forth following the release of Ross' "Set In Stone." By Alexander Cole July 23, 2026
Music YG Detained As Authorities Execute Drakeo The Ruler-Related Search Warrant YG was detained just hours before his Verzuz appearance this evening, as cops executed a search warrant on one of his properties. By Alexander Cole July 23, 2026
Music ilykimchi Responds After Alleged Explicit Photos Leak Of Her Cheating On Oogie Mane With Tezzus Underground artists ilykimchi and Tezzus are currently going viral on X right now thanks to an alleged cheating scandal involving Oogie Mane. By Alexander Cole July 14, 2026

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