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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 Wiz Khalifa Admits It Took An Infinite Amount Of Weed To Create "Kush & OJ 2" Wiz Khalifa's Kush & OJ mixtape was his breakout moment in hip-hop as it earned him a spot on the XXL Freshmen Class of 2010. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Jim Jones Concert Abrutly Canceled After Chaotic Fire Alarm Dibacle Jim Jones has been setting a lot of fires lately. The rapper has feud with Kanye West, 50 Cent, and Cam'Ron in 2025. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 05, 2025
Music Clipse & Kendrick Lamar Preview Highly Anticipated "Chains & Whips" Music Video This Clipse and Kendrick Lamar collaboration will hit the timeline in just a week on the duo's "Let God Sort Em Out" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Ray J Insists Diddy Should Have Been Acquitted Of All Charges Ray J has been vocal with his support for Diddy throughout the Bad Boy founder's entire legal battle so far. By Caroline Fisher July 03, 2025
Music Offset Gives Fan The Night Of Their Life By Inviting Them Onstage Offset may be dealing with a new album on the way and the Cardi B drama, but he's even more passionate about spending time with fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Calls Out Drake's Alleged $8 Million Loss On Stake Drake is currently working on his highly anticipated ICEMAN album. Media personality Mal claims the album will have a "bomb" on it. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 21, 2025
Pop Culture T.I. Slammed With Intellectual Property Theft Lawsuit For Allegedly Stealing "Situationships" Title The lawsuit over "Situationships" comes after T.I. and Tiny Harris recently won their own intellectual property theft lawsuit. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music R Kelly Reportedly Terrified Following Prison Overdose According to members of R Kelly's legal team, he broke down in tears during a phone call from prison recently. By Caroline Fisher June 19, 2025
Music Kanye West Arrives At Diddy Trial In An All-White Outfit Kanye West has been very supportive of Diddy amid his trial, whether it's through social media rants or his music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music O’Shea Jackson Jr Still Thinks Andrew Schulz’s Kendrick Lamar Rant Was “Weird” O'Shea Jackson Jr. stands by what he said. By Caroline Fisher December 21, 2024
Music Lil Durk Accused Of Allegedly Threatening Murder-For-Hire Case Witnesses & Their Families Prosecutors want to keep Lil Durk behind bars as he continues to try to get his murder-for-hire charges dismissed. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025