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Music Benzino Vows To Shoot First, Ask Questions Later Amid 50 Cent Beef Amid news of Benzino's recent hospitalization, 50 Cent hopped online to mock him, resulting in a fiery response. By Caroline Fisher March 03, 2026
Music Fatman Scoop Honored By Hip-Hop Legends As Family Shares Statement On His Passing Missy Elliott, Meek Mill, and more paid their tributes to Fatman Scoop. Rest In Peace to a legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2024
Music DaniLeigh's DUI Hit-And-Run Arrest Footage Surfaces: "I'm A Singer!" In February, DaniLeigh was sentenced to five years probation for hitting a 17-year-old on a moped. By Caroline Fisher August 23, 2024
Music Westside Gunn Claims His Upcoming Album Was Recorded In A Day The work ethic is unparalleled. By Elias Andrews August 20, 2024
Music Taylor Swift Slyly Tweaks Song Off "Tortured Poets Department" To Diss Kanye West This new spelling is also brings a different version of the original "thank you aIMee". By Zachary Horvath August 15, 2024
Music Rappers Like Boosie Badazz: Embracing The Southern Hip-Hop Influence Of Louisiana Explore the vibrant Southern hip-hop sounds through the musical stylings of rappers like Boosie Badazz By Jake Skudder July 13, 2023
Music Rappers Like Biggie Smalls: Jay-Z, Jadakiss, Rick Ross, The Game And More Explore the enduring legacy of Biggie Smalls in hip-hop through the lens of artists like Jay-Z, Jadakiss, Rick Ross, The Game, and Big Pun. By Jake Skudder June 29, 2023
Music Charlamagne Tha God Roasts Drake For Cryptic Hint At His Next Chapter Drake hinted that fans may be "uneasy" with the direction of his next solo album, which will be his first since beefing with Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why NAV's New Album Lost Over 60K Units In Sales DJ Akademiks compared this NAV discrepancy to bundle sales controversies like those of Travis Scott and Playboi Carti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Music Kanye West Sparks Heated Debate After Sharing New Freestyle Given the current creative state that Kanye West is in right now, some listeners aren't seeing the vision with this very rough freestyle. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2025
Pop Culture Soulja Boy & Marlon Wayans Trade Even More Insults As Their Feud Intensifies Neither one of them is backing down. By Zachary Horvath February 12, 2025
Music Drake Having Difficulty Selling Out Shows In Perth Less Than A Day Before His Tour Begins Is 2025 going to be another uphill battle for The Boy? By Zachary Horvath February 03, 2025