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Music Suge Knight’s Girlfriend Charged With Alleged Attempt To Sell Hit-And-Run Tape Suge Knight's girlfriend, Toilin Kelly, allegedly tried selling the hit-&-run tape for $55K to TMZ. By Kevin Goddard September 14, 2017
Music Kodak Black Enjoys Italy Vacation While His Lawyer Goes To Court Hearing Yak's leaving the legal stress to the professionals; he's got seas to sail. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 11, 2023
Music Five Of The Best Beats On Drake's "ICEMAN" Before fans dive into "HABIBTI" and "MAID OF HONOUR," there's a lot of sonic craft to enjoy on Drake's rap-centric new album "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Sports Snoop Dogg Bless Stephen Curry With A Deathrow Chain Snoop Dogg offered Stephen Curry a token of his appreciation following their collaborative refurbishing of a Long Beach basketball court. By Joshua Robinson August 10, 2022
TV Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Go After Social Network Site Triller In $28M "Verzuz" Lawsuit The hit rap battle show's creators agreed to sell "Verzuz" to Triller in January of 2021, but the platform defaulted on the deal after just two payments. By Hayley Hynes August 16, 2022
Music XXXTentacion Shouts Out Trippie Redd: "I Love You And I Love The World, Bro" XXXTentacion continues on his mission to become a better man. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2018
Music Lil Baby & Gunna's "Drip Too Hard" Leaps Into The Top 5 Of Billboard Hot 100 Lil Baby and Gunna's lead single off of "Drip Harder" jumps 16 spots on the Billboard Hot 100. By Aron A. October 15, 2018
Music Diddy Scores Huge Win In Court Amid $100M Battle With Michigan Inmate Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith previously accused Diddy of sexually assaulting him at a party in 1997. By Caroline Fisher January 26, 2025
Music Al Green Reacts To Kendrick Lamar Sampling His Song On New Drake Diss "6:16 In LA" It's speculated that Kendrick used the sample to hint at Drake's industry ties. By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2024
Music Future Says He & Metro Boomin Already Have The "Album Of The Year" Future declares his upcoming joint project with Metro Boomin the "album of the year." By Aron A. January 19, 2023
Reviews Chance The Rapper "Star Line" Review In "Star Line," Chance The Rapper charts the difficult terrain of love, justice, and selfhood, crafting an album as restless and resolute as he is. By Aron A. August 19, 2025
Music Chief Keef Taps Lil Yachty, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie For "The Dedication" Album Chief Keef shares the tracklist for "The Dedication." By Mitch Findlay November 09, 2017