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Music Joe Budden Goes Off On Tyrese For His Scathing Instagram Posts Joe Budden recently weighed in on Tyrese's "Verzuz" matchup with Tank, which didn't sit well with the singer. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026
Music Maino Argues 50 Cent & G-Unit "Got Spanked" By Jimmy Henchman Maino and his fellow "Let’s Rap About It" podcast hosts have been feuding with 50 Cent for months. By Cole Blake March 17, 2026
Music Michael Jackson Impersonator Facing Backlash For Appearing In Kanye West's "FATHER" Visual Kanye West decided to include a Michael Jackson lookalike in his music video for "FATHER" and folks aren't too happy about it. By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Music Usher Has Nothing But Praise For Diddy Despite Everything That's Happened There's been plenty of speculation about Diddy and Usher's relationship over the years, and recently, the latter set the record straight. By Caroline Fisher March 24, 2026
Music Fawn Weaver Fires Back At Jay-Z Loan Cover-Up Claim With A Lawsuit Of Her Own Farm Credit Mid-America previously accused Uncle Nearest of attempting to hide a $20 million loan from Jay-Z. By Cole Blake March 16, 2026
Music Joe Budden Takes Issue With Jay-Z's Hot Take On Rap Battles Jay-Z explained his issue with modern rap battles during an interview with Frazier Tharpe for GQ on Tuesday. By Cole Blake March 25, 2026
Music Young Thug Goes Viral For Inspirational Speech At Florida International University Young Thug recently took the stage at Florida International University to share some words of wisdom with students. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2026
Music Final Suspect In Pooh Shiesty & Gucci Mane Case Reportedly Arrested Terrance Rodgers is accused along with Pooh Shiesty and seven others of kidnaping Gucci Mane. Authorities reportedly arrested him in Atlanta. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Dez Bryant Claims Offset Once Owed Him $8k In Gambling Debt Offset was the victim of a shooting near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida on Monday night. By Cole Blake April 07, 2026
Music Drake's Latest "Iceman" Milestone Doesn't Bode Well For The Album's Rollout Drake still hasn't confirmed a release date for his upcoming album, "Iceman," but he has hinted at it dropping at some point this year. By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music Megan Thee Stallion Hospitalized: Everything We Know Megan Thee Stallion has finally put out a statement addressing what went down at the show on Tuesday night. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026
Music NLE Choppa Defends Memphis Amid Pooh Shiesty & LeBron James Backlash Pooh Shiesty was recently arrested for allegedly kidnapping Gucci Mane, whereas LeBron James spoke negatively about NLE Choppa's city. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2026