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Music Fat Joe Doesn't Think Kendrick Lamar Will Respond To Drake: "That's Over" Joey Crack has already claimed Drake the victor. By Elias Andrews April 25, 2024
Music Sexyy Red Turns Fellow Airplane Passenger Into A Fan According to the new fan, Sexyy Red inspired him to broaden his horizons. By Caroline Fisher May 09, 2024
Music Drake Gets Surprising Response From Wiley After He Posts Skepta Diss For those unaware, the two grime artists were previously co-members of the Boy Better Know collective, but had a falling out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2023
Pop Culture Kodak Black, Baby Keem, & Smino's First-Week Sales Yak's numbers were slightly higher than the 39K he was projected to sell in his first week out. By Hayley Hynes November 05, 2022
Music Kodak Black Calls Out NBA YoungBoy's Manager For Copying His Tour Idea Kodak Black says that NBA YoungBoy's manager stole his idea ahead of the rapper's 30-city tour with Quando Rondo. By Cole Blake September 07, 2022
Music Future & Chance The Rapper Almost Collaborated On "No Problem" Chance The Rapper revealed in interview that Future almost featured on "No Problem." By hnhh February 24, 2017
Music Lil Pump Reportedly Arrested For Firing Gun In His Home Pump is reportedly in juvenile detention hall right now. By Aron A. February 15, 2018
Music DJ Akademiks Laughs Off Ari Fletcher's Threats With Even More Gossip Ari Fletcher previously complained about DJ Akademiks claiming she's slept with "half of Atlanta" during a recent social media rant. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026
Music Rihanna's Shooting Suspect Shared Fanatical Posts About Her On Facebook Authorities arrested Ivana Lisette Ortiz for the shooting at Rihanna's home on Sunday and are charging her with attempted murder. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Grime Icon Dot Rotten Passes Away At 37 Several notable voices in hip-hop have been sharing tributes for Dot Rotten on social media, including Wiley. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Breaks Down Why He Thinks Jay-Z & Drake Started Beefing Although Jay-Z and Drake collaborated in the 2020s decade, DJ Akademiks thinks the root of their fallout happened much earlier. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Music Rolling Loud Announces Return Of Christian Hip-Hop For Orlando Festival Christian hip-hop doesn't always get its proper respect, but the subset will be represented well at Rolling Loud once again this year. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026