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Music Digital Nas Disses Kid Cudi And Advocates For Diddy's Freedom After Cudi's Trial Testimony Digital Nas is firmly on the Kanye West train, calling Kid Cudi out for testifying during Diddy's criminal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Kanye West & Playboi Carti's Beef May Be Ending Soon Overall, this has been a one-sided beef, with Kanye West mostly being the one initiating a lot of the tension. 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 "JACKBOYS 2" Seems Closer Than Ever After New Travis Scott & Don Toliver Snippet Emerges While we still don't have a release date for "JACKBOYS 2," Travis Scott and Don Toliver are making sure fans don't forget about the hype. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Out Tyler, The Creator For "Pandering" With His Comments On Private Jets Tyler, The Creator previously said that he still flies commercial to save money instead of paying for private jets. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Music Cardi B Explains Why “Imaginary Players” Is Her Latest Single From “Am I The Drama?” Cardi B’s “Imaginary Players” is a remake of the 1997 Jay-Z classic from his sophomore album In My Lifetime Vol. 1. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 16, 2025
Music Travis Scott, SZA & Future Cite Kanye West's Involvement In “Telekinesis” To Seek Lawsuit Dismissal Gospel singer Victory Boyd is suing Travis Scott, SZA, and Future for reusing an unreleased Kanye West track that she worked on. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Rolling Loud Announces Return To Australia In 2026 It's been quite a while since Rolling Loud has been in the Land Down Under, but it's making its grand return in the first third of 2026. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Music Ksoo's Brother Receives 12-Year Prison Sentence For Lil Buck Murder Ksoo's older brother, Abdul Robinson Jr, was also facing life behind bars, but opted for a 12-year plea deal instead. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj’s Mother Rushes To Papa Bear’s Defense After Cardi B Alleges He’s Disabled Nicki Minaj and Cardi B traded some fiery insults on X recently, and their small children even got dragged into the feud. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Claims Doja Cat Bites Nicki Minaj's Style A Lot Azealia Banks, Doja Cat, and Nicki Minaj have made definitive contributions in women's hip hop that will be studied for generations. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Raises Eyebrows After Saying Rap Beefs Are Why He Can't Recreate A "So Much Fun" Moment Young Thug says he spends most of his time trying to bring rappers back together that "shouldn't be divided." By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025