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Music Trap Lore Ross Defends His New NBA YoungBoy Video Attaching Him To 19 Victims NBA YoungBoy fans are not the biggest supporters of Trap Lore Ross by any means, and it's been that way for a couple of years now. By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Music Cardi B Delivers Hilarious Explanation For Wanting More Kids Cardi B has three children with her ex Offset, and her youngest was born last September after they decided to go their separate ways. By Caroline Fisher September 10, 2025
Music Billboard's "Best Female Rappers Of All Time" Ranking Sparks Huge Debate Billboard ranked 25 of the best female rappers including Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Lil Kim, and more. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Drake Uses Movie Clip To Distance Himself From Diddy Allegations Drizzy pokes fun at the mogul. By Elias Andrews September 24, 2024
Music Rolling Loud California Announces Its 2025 Roster Including A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti, And More How do you feel about this year's roster? By Zachary Horvath January 07, 2025
Music Chubbs Seems To Support Theory That Drake's Freestyle Is A LeBron James Diss Of course, the likely explanation is that it targets a whole bunch of people. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2025
Original Content DJ Jazzy Jeff Talks "Making Beats" Program, "Fresh Prince" Days, & Reminiscing With Will Smith Hip Hop icon DJ Jazzy Jeff is helping aspiring producers learn the game. He chatted with us about breaking Hip Hop's rules, admiring this generation of beatmakers, & being the same Jeff from Philly (who apparently makes great Kool-Aid!). By Erika Marie April 17, 2023
Music Rapper Indian Red Boy Allegedly Murdered Over Nipsey Hussle Diss On IG Live His slaying was captured on Instagram live. By Madusa S. July 11, 2021
Music Michael Jackson Credited His Longtime Bodyguard With Subbing In As "His Father" The letter MJ penned thanking his bodyguard is currently up for auction. By Devin Ch March 07, 2019
Music JPEGMAFIA Calls Out Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist For Not Taking Enough Risks JPEGMAFIA spoke about being a "risk-taker" in hip-hop during a new interview with Billboard. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Young Thug Unleashes On Future With More Brutal Blows In Extended Leaked Jail Call The leaked Young Thug jail calls are getting more and more crippling as he continues to disparage Future in this lengthy clip. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Man Who Killed Nicki Minaj's Father Officially Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Charles Polevich killed Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj in a hit-and-run five years ago, leading to a wrongful death lawsuit. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026