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Music Chief Keef Reportedly Owes His Baby Mama $500K In Child Support Erica Early claims the rapper owes her half a million dollars. By Alex Zidel June 04, 2019
Music Will Smith's Emotional Deadbeat Dad "Fresh Prince" Scene Turns 25-Years-Old It's one of the most memorable moments in the show's history. By Erika Marie May 09, 2019
Original Content Who Is Rapper Fivio Foreign? From the streets of Brooklyn to stealing the show on a Kanye West album, we're diving into Fivio Foreign's rise to stardom in the New York drill scene. By Caleb Hardy May 20, 2023
Music Lil Wop Shares That They're Transitioning On Instagram The former 1017 rapper previously made waves for his outfit choices. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2023
Pop Culture 5 Rappers Who Have Been Banned From Award Shows Some rappers can't avoid controversy. From online antics to legal issues, there are myriad reasons some rappers get banned from award shows By Mike Fugere May 21, 2023
Pop Culture Smooth B Says Tupac Once Told Him, "I Ain't Gonna Live Past 25," Seemingly Predicting His Death It's no secret that 2Pac had a history of lyricizing about his own death. By Hayley Hynes April 11, 2022
Music Playboi Carti Tosses Kai Cenat & Dabo New YVL Chain At Rolling Loud: LA Playboi Carti's new album, I AM MUSIC, is predicted to be the biggest hip-hop release of the year. The album includes new hit "Good Credit." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Pays Tribute To Mother Donda On "Bully" Kanye West has always paid homage to his late mother, Donda, and with Ye on this healing journey, it was only right to sample her on "Bully." By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Music Symba Plans To Respond To J. Cole's Alleged Diss On New Freestyle Many J. Cole fans dismissed the theory that he dissed Symba on "Birthday Blizzard '26," but the Bay Area MC still felt slighted. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music Jadakiss Calls Jay-Z A "Professional Curver" After Hov Praised Him & Fat Joe Fat Joe and Jadakiss have different levels of hope when it comes to potentially securing a Jay-Z interview for their podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Sexyy Red & Chief Keef Have A Joint Album On The Way This would go hard. By Devin Morton July 16, 2024
Music BenDaDonnn Left Speechless As Drake Gifts Him An $800K Rolls-Royce Spectre Mansory Drake had another Holiday stream with BenDaDonnn on Monday night, and it led to some real Christmas cheer and a few Rolls-Royce's. By Alexander Cole December 23, 2025