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Music Police Bodycam Footage Shows King Harris Getting Arrested On Drug Charge Over the weekend, 21-year-old King Harris was arrested in his home state of Georgia while wearing a Pikachu onesie. By Caroline Fisher April 15, 2026
Music Kanye West Drops Bombshell Lawsuit On Dentist Allegedly Responsible For His Nitrous Addiction Kanye West's legal complaint alleges that he suffered neurological damage as a result of the nitrous usage. By Cole Blake May 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Targets Kendrick Lamar During Passionate Rant With Drake Affiliate Top5 Kanye West seems to have switched up his opinion of Kendrick Lamar several times in the past couple of months. By Caroline Fisher May 01, 2025
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Cam'ron Brings Up Kanye West's Cousin Confession While Responding To Their Feud Cam'ron said Kanye West is putting a "stain" on Chicago, and Ye clapped back by dissing and praising the Dipset rapper at the same time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Surprisingly Gives Major Props To Kendrick Lamar For His "Grand National Tour" DJ Akademiks, who has defended Drake throughout his feud with Kendrick Lamar, took a nuanced position on the tour. By Cole Blake April 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues To Target Big Meech With Relentless “Rat” Accusations 50 Cent has been going after Big Meech ever since the "BMF" founder linked up with Rick Ross after getting out of prison. By Caroline Fisher April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Finally Addresses Young Thug & Future Recreating His "Otis" Music Video Young Thug dropped the Future-assisted "Money on Money" ahead of the release of his new album, "UY Scuti." By Cole Blake April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Claps Back At Cam'ron's Disappointment With Some Backhanded Praise On his sports talk show with Mase, "It Is What It Is," Cam'ron said Kanye West and R. Kelly put a "stain" on Chicago's name. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music BigXThaPlug Iced Out Jimmy Kimmel With 100k Chain Before Late-Nite Perfromance Of "Take Care" BigXThaPlug prepared for his world tour with Lil Baby with an outstanding set at Coachella 2025. Lil Baby's Wham Tour begins next month. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 24, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Draws Heavy Backlash Over Reaction To Kanye West's Shocking Cousin Admission Boosie Badazz is the latest to show Kanye West some compassion over his supposedly true sexual relationship with a male cousin as a child. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Maintain Their Billboard Top Spot After "Grand National" Tour Opening This follows big business moves for the "luther" duo, such as Kendrick Lamar's Chanel partnership and SZA's "No Beauty" cosmetics line. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2025