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Music Diddy Argues He Had "Mental Condition" That Caused Him To Commit Alleged Crimes With time running out for Diddy before his trial, he's trying to put forth what prosecutors feel is an insignificant argument. By Zachary Horvath April 28, 2025
Music Lil Wayne & Hot Boys Hilariously Abandon Birdman On Stage In The Middle Of His Speech Lil Wayne, Birdman, and the rest of the Hot Boys have been performing a number of concerts together in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Drake Fans Say I Told You So After FCC Begins Payola Investigation Into iHeartCountry Festival The FCC is taking a look at iHeartMedia’s upcoming iHeartCountry Festival and the move has Drake fans taking note. By Cole Blake February 26, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Reveals The Difficulty Of Breaking 90s R&B Group Xscape Because Of Looks Not Vocals Jermaine Dupri's So So Def record label has created several of the biggest names in music, including Bow Wow and Jagged Edge. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 20, 2025
Music Akon Plans To Re-Record His Whole Catalog As Country Music With Star-Studded Collaborators Akon says fans will be able to hear the ambitious country music remix idea much sooner than they may think. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music G$ Lil Ronnie & His Daughter Honored With Mural In Texas G$ Lil Ronnie and his daughter were laid to rest last month, where the five-year-old's mother Shamon Jones gave a powerful speech. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Peter Rosenberg Reacts To DJ Vlad Claiming He’ll Retire “Broke And Bitter” Peter Rosenberg and DJ Vlad's beef goes way back, but for now, it's unclear what prompted this latest tense exchange. By Caroline Fisher April 05, 2025
Music NAV Outpacing Lil Durk In Tight First-Week Sales Race A lot of fans are absolutely flabbergasted by this current projection but clearly, NAV did his thing with "OMW2 REXDALE." By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Calls Playboi Carti An "Agent" Who Betrayed Him In DJ Akademiks Interview Kanye West also told DJ Akademiks that Playboi Carti took "the blue pill" and made similar comments about Ty Dolla $ign. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music Doechii Drops Lengthy Statement On The History Of Hip-Hop Amid Criticism Of Her Music Doechii says hip-hop has "always been deep." By Cole Blake December 12, 2024
Music Charles Barkley's Jay-Z Joke Leads To Hilarious "Inside The NBA" Moment Charles Barkley had the whole show laughing. By Cole Blake December 11, 2024
Music 50 Cent Reveals Drake's Hilarious Opp List Which Includes Anthony Fantano, Kick Streamers, And Red Pill Podcasters Drake has a lot of enemies. By Alexander Cole December 10, 2024