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Music Cardi B's Copyright Lawsuit Might Affect The Tracklist For New Album "Am I The Drama?" Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar sued Cardi B for allegedly copying elements from their track for her 2024 single, "Enough (Miami)." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Young Thug Claims He Was The First To Take His Daughter Number One On The Charts Young Thug's daughter MEGO appears on "Yessirskii" off of the "Slime Language 2" deluxe, the OG version of which topped the Billboard charts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Politics NORE Heartily Endorses Eric Adams As New York City Mayor For His Nightclub Plans NORE caught a clip of Eric Adams' recent sit-down conversation with Andrew Schulz about a wide array of topics. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Quavo Is Considering A "Huncho Jack" Sequel If Travis Scott Wants To Do It Quavo and Travis Scott have collaborated on 20 songs with the first being 2016's "Pick Up The Phone," from Birds In The Trap album By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 03, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Debunks Kanye West's Implication About Jay-Z Owning His Catalog Kanye West has been going after Jay-Z on social media as well as in his recent interview with DJ Akademiks. By Cole Blake April 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Drops New Teaser For Kanye West Interview Last week, DJ Akademiks claimed he had yet to receive the green light from Kanye West's team to release the interview. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025
Music Lil Durk's New Album "Deep Thoughts" Boasts Divisive Streaming Debut Amid Prison Stay Lil Durk recently issued a hopeful and determined message to fans after "Deep Thoughts" landed during his alleged murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music Lil Durk Promises Fans He's "Coming Home Soon" In Heartfelt Message Lil Durk has dropped his new album from behind bars, but he assured fans that he's not going to be locked up forever. By Elias Andrews March 28, 2025
Relationships Kenneth Petty Accused Of Hiding Income As Nicki Minaj's Manger While Alleged Rape Victim Demands Damages Jennifer Hough previously accused Kenneth Petty of allegedly raping her back when they were both 16 years old. By Cole Blake March 24, 2025
Music Kay Flock Addresses His RICO Conviction & Murder Acquittal Kay Flock will receive his sentence for his RICO, firearm, and assault convictions on July 16, almost four years after he entered custody. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Billboard's Top 75 R&B Singers Of All Time List Sparks Massive Social Media Debate Billboard ranked 75 of the greatest R&B singers of all time, including Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Announces He's Dropping An Album On July 4th NBA YoungBoy has been in high demand ever since getting out and being pardoned by Donald Trump in late May and now, he's fully delivering. By Zachary Horvath June 16, 2025