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Music 50 Cent Fed Up With New York After NFL Player Gets Shot 50 Cent recently took to social media to encourage his fellow New Yorkers to consider Shreveport, Louisiana. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas Case Still "Not Close" To An Arrest Celeste Rivas' body was discovered in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer, D4vd, back in September. By Cole Blake November 18, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Says He's Mad At Diddy For Crying Over His Trial Verdict Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial. By Cole Blake November 17, 2025
Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Is Convinced Donald Trump Will Pardon Him In Federal Gun Case Boosie Badazz is scheduled to receive a sentence in his federal gun case in two weeks, and he's feeling "confident." By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Ja Rule Argues His Feud With 50 Cent Was Bad For New York Hip-Hop Despite wanting to avoid promoting any negativity, Ja Rule also declared himself a "better rapper" than 50 Cent. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music A$AP Relli Explains Why He's Dropping His Assault Case Against A$AP Rocky Despite the move, A$AP Relli is still moving forward with his defamation against A$AP Rocky and his lawyer, Joe Tacopina. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Andre 3000 & Big Boi Get Emotional At Outkast's Rock & Roll HOF Induction Andre 3000 and Big Boi's speeches preceded a star-studded Outkast medley for their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music Ice Spice's New Song "Pretty Privilege" Makes Fans Debate Cardi B Beef Rumor While Ice Spice's original snippet coincided with a Cardi B beef flare-up, its official release has fans doubting this narrative. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Launches Relief Effort In Jamaica Following Deadly Hurricane Melissa Nicki Minaj is taking action to make a meaningful impact on Jamaica’s hurricane relief efforts. By Tallie Spencer November 06, 2025
Music Glasses Malone Claims He Heard Drake Ghostwriter Rumors From Kendrick Lamar In 2011 Recently, Glasses Malone recalled the first time he ever heard the long-running rumors that Drake uses ghostwriters. By Caroline Fisher November 06, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Threatens To Shoot TikTokers In Fiery Rant Soulja Boy was heated but content creators ExoticTV Ra, MCL and Mello Rell didn't seem too fazed by his antics. By Cole Blake November 04, 2025