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Music Selena's Killer Denied Parole 30 Years After Murder Yolanda Saldívar claimed that there is a bounty on her head in prison for her murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Biggie Smalls Estate Officially Finalizes Catalog Sale With His Mom Voletta Wallace's Blessing Before she passed, Voletta Wallace approved of the Biggie Smalls estate selling various rights to the late rapper's catalog to Primary Wave. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music Punch & Top Dawg Celebrate SZA Breaking Michael Jackson's Billboard 200 Record SZA's "SOS" album has been dominating the Billboard charts ever since its release back in December of 2022. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Music FKA Twigs Remembers Cooking For Former Rommates A$AP Rocky & A$AP Yams In A Los Angeles Apartment A$AP Rocky, A$AP Yams, and FKA Twigs released the debut Pretty Flacko mixtape and FKA's debut single while living in together. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Cardi B Claims Her Label "Underestimated" Her Massive NYC Pop-Up Cardi B's doing a lot to promote her new album "Am I The Drama?," including an upcoming stream with Fanum and creative NYC content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 14, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Catches Heat For Aloof Interaction With Male Fans At Meet & Greet Lil Yachty caught some flak after he went viral for a difference in enthusiasm levels between meeting his male and female fans. By Devin Morton September 03, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Targets Meek Mill For Complaining About "Rats" As Young Thug Scandal Presses On Fans have been resurfacing an audio clip of Young Thug mentioning Peewee Roscoe during a police interrogation. By Cole Blake September 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Allegedly Subjected Contractor To Cruel & Unusual Punishment Tony Saxon gave witness testimony in his lawsuit against Kanye West this week for alleged labor violations, injuries, and lack of pay. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Music Lil Yachty Pulled Plug On Drake Interview Due To Kendrick Lamar Beef Lil Yachty had some Drake fans mad for how he talked about the Kendrick Lamar beef and it in turn complicated things. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2026
Music Baby Keem Unveils "Ca$ino" Tour Dates Baby Keem announced his long-awaited sophomore album, "Ca$ino," on Tuesday, while also revealing a new tour. By Cole Blake February 10, 2026
Music Don Toliver's "Octane" Receives Early But Promising First Week Sales Projections Don Toliver's fifth album "Octane" has been receiving a lot of glowing reviews from fans, and it seems like it will result in a great debut. By Zachary Horvath February 02, 2026
Music Trippie Redd Fuels Cheating Rumors With Somber New Song "Pretty Rose" The rapper is in his sad bag. By Elias Andrews January 27, 2025