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Music Chris Brown Finally Able To Return To The US As UK Assault Case Lingers On Chris Brown was accused of assaulting a music producer at the Tape club in the U.K. and is awaiting trial. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music No Limit's Mercedes Threatens Lawsuit Over Cash Money "Verzuz" Exclusion Former No Limit artist Mercedes claimed that she didn't give permission for them to perform her song "I Can Tell" without her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's Old Bucket List From 2018 Reportedly Surfaces Online While NBA YoungBoy has achieved many of the goals he set for himself seven years ago, he's still got some boxes to check. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 25, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Hits Massive Sales Milestone Despite Not Dropping In 2025 Beyond a few big features, 2025 has mostly been Kendrick Lamar's year to flex all of the success of the previous summer's Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Claims Lil Tjay Is Banned From Chipotle & Almost Died Over A Burrito 6ix9ine may not be as musically relevant as he once was, but there is no denying that he remains one of the most effective trolls in rap. By Alexander Cole October 09, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Has An Emotional Reunion With Big30 After Getting Out Of Jail Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Kanye West Takes A Loss Amid Legal Battle With Former Director Of Intelligence Kanye West is currently being sued by a man he hired to be his “director of intelligence” during his presidential bid. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Original Content 30 Unconventional Marketing Methods Used By Hip-Hop Artists Sometimes in order to win the game, you have to switch up how you play. We take a look at artists who have found success playing by their own marketing rules over the years. By KC Orcutt June 24, 2017
Music Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign‘s "Vultures" Artwork Traced To 19th Century Painter Caspar David Friedrich The cover artwork for "Vultures" appears features the work of Caspar David Friedrich. By Cole Blake December 12, 2023
Music Sexyy Red Is Young Thug's "Twin," She Says In Post Advocating For His Freedom A new picture of Thugger in court for his RICO trial with YSL surfaced, and the St. Louis MC joined the club and saw the similarities. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2023
Pop Culture Cardi B Felt "Ugly" Before Plastic Surgery: "Then I Felt Confident" The rapper says that while growing up in the Bronx, she was made to feel insecure about her "nappy" hair and skinny frame. By Erika Marie February 23, 2021
Pop Culture Diddy's Alleged BM Dana Tran Lip-Syncs to City Girls City Girls were featured on Moneybagg Yo's "Said Sum (Remix)," and Dana sang along to JT's verse. By Erika Marie December 13, 2022