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Music Adam22 Asks Wack 100 To Explain Why Feds Didn't Book Him Over Big U RICO Case Adam22 also pressed Wack 100 over allegations he possesses various lewd leaks from celebrities like Nipsey Hussle and Kim Kardashian. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 31, 2025
Music Sean Kingston's Mother Admits To Falsifying Money Transfers To Protect Him Amid Fraud Trial Sean Kingston and his mother face various fraud charges relating to their alleged $1 million swindling of multiple businesses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Sheff G To Receive Five-Year Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Attempted Murder Sheff G was one of 32 alleged gang members named in a 140-count indictment and accused of shootings, using stolen cars, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2025
Music Joey Badass Tells Kendrick Lamar He's Still Down For The Challenge On New Ray Vaughn Diss On the Ray Vaughn diss track "The Finals," Joey Badass recalls his original responses to Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Issues Threatening Warning To DDG Amid Halle Bailey Allegations It's a bit ironic to see Soulja Boy vowing to fight DDG for Halle Bailey considering he's dealing with severe allegations too. By Zachary Horvath May 14, 2025
Music Drake Shows Love To DDG's New Album Despite Poor First Week Sales DDG has always been a huge Drake fan, so we have to imagine that the Michigan content creator and rapper is on cloud nine right now. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music Diddy Fails To Exclude His iCloud Searches And Other Queries From Trial's Evidence Pool Diddy's legal team called the government's applications for phone and home warrants "Intentionally misleading" and "grossly distorted." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Pop Culture OJ Simpson's Lawyer Commends Diddy's Wildly Similar Court Tactics Following Verdict The ways in which Diddy and OJ Simpson's trials played out are so insane that you'll just have to read about them yourself. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Makes History On The Top Rap Albums Chart With "GNX" Despite "GNX" only being a seven-month-old album, Kendrick Lamar has been setting numerous records and reaching impressive milestones. By Zachary Horvath June 30, 2025
Music Blueface's Dad Catches Heat For Kicking Chrisean Rock And Her Son Out Of His House Blueface's father first warned Chrisean Rock about this back in April of this year, and it looks like he cleared her stuff out for good. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Offset's "KIARI" Headed For Disappointing Debut On The Hot 200 Despite Positive Reviews Offset's third studio album has been his most lauded by fans and critics, but the early sales projections don't reflect that sadly. By Zachary Horvath August 27, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Considering Locking In With One Producer For His Next Project Single producer albums have been all the craze lately and it seems that might be Joey Bada$$'s next venture after "Lonely at the Top." By Zachary Horvath August 19, 2025