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Music Gunplay Puts Blame On His Ex-Wife For Disturbing AK-47 Arrest Gunplay served almost two years on house arrest after allegedly threatening his ex-wife with an assault rifle in 2023. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Viral DDG Allegedly Reacts To Man Threatening Legal Action For Dream Con Fight With His Brother There is only one sole picture on social media backing this up, but some fans are reading between the lines of DDG's Twitter. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Rihanna’s Father, Ronald Fenty, Dies At 70 Reportedly, Rihanna and her family have gathered in Los Angeles to celebrate her father's life after he succumbed to a "brief illness." By Caroline Fisher May 31, 2025
Music DMX Memorabilia Auction Earns Legal Threat From Late Rapper’s Estate Online auction house GottaHaveRockandRoll is currently offering 30 priceless pieces of DMX memorabilia, including handwritten lyrics. By Caroline Fisher May 29, 2025
Music The Game Has Choice Words For 50 Cent During New York Club Appearance The Game was kicked out of 50 Cent's G-Unit a long time ago, but to this day, it is very clearly still on his mind. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Music D4vd Faces Death Penalty After Being Charged With Murder And Sex With A Minor D4vd has officially been hit with some extremely serious charges following an investigation into the death of Celeste Rivas. By Alexander Cole April 20, 2026
Music The Game Says Hip-Hop Is Suffering Without Drake The Game recently hopped online to share his hot take on the lasting impact Drake and Kendrick Lamar's beef has had on hip-hop. By Caroline Fisher April 15, 2026
Music Everything We Know About Doja Cat's New Album "Vie" Doja Cat recently confirmed her new album would be arriving in September, and this is everything else we know about "Vie" so far. By Devin Morton August 25, 2025
Music Tasha K Slams Ja Rule For Admitting He Was Sucker Punched Tasha K also called out Ja Rule for taking aim at her but not his long-time rival, 50 Cent, in her post on social media. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Music D4vd Is Now Being Viewed As A Suspect In Celeste Rivas' Death The body of Celeste Rivas was found in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd back in September and an investigation has been ongoing since. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music Drake Fuels New Album Excitement With Cutdown Version Of “ICEMAN” Episode 3 Drake continues to tease his upcoming ninth studio album, "ICEMAN," which is rumored to be dropping before the end of the year. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025
Music Spotify Fires Back At Payola Allegations Over Its Discovery Mode Spotify is also facing another lawsuit accusing the company of turning "blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming.” By Cole Blake November 05, 2025