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Music West Coast Rap Legend O.Y.G Redrum 781 Dead After Cancer Battle O.Y.G Redrum 781 has passed away after a battle with cancer. By Cole Blake November 11, 2021
Original Content Joe Avianne Details Designing Chains For Bobby Shmurda, Lil Pump, Cam'ron & More In a brand new exclusive interview for HNHH's "12 Days of Christmas," we talk with Joe Avianne of Avianne & Co. about his come-up and success, some of his most iconic and memorable pieces, as well as Bobby Shmurda's post-prison-release chain, and more. By Angela Savage December 23, 2021
Music Drake Cheekily Responds To Kendrick Lamar’s Claim That He’s A Gambling Addict Despite people like Kendrick Lamar telling Drake to essentially quit betting, he's doubling down on the fact that he's never going to stop. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music 6ix9ine & Lil Tjay Roast Each Other In Wild New DMs 6ix9ine and Lil Tjay have been beefing for years now, mocking each other over legal woes, injuries, and more. By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music Jim Jones Freestyles Over Cam'ron's "Losing Weight" Jim Jones freestyled over Cam'ron's "Losing Weight" for Funk Flex. By Cole Blake December 19, 2022
Relationships DJ Akademiks Firmly Believes Megan Thee Stallion's Relationship With Klay Thompson Is A PR Stunt Folks aren't too surprised by DJ Akademiks' latest take on Megan Thee Stallion due to his commentary on the Tory Lanez situation and etc. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025
Music Chicago Rapper Payroll Has Reportedly Passed Away Chicago veteran Payroll has reportedly passed away. By Kevin Goddard September 13, 2017
Music Akon Admits His Brother Used To Perform As Him In Secret & Keep The Earnings The hilarious admission comes after Akon recently revealed his plan to release country remixes of his biggest songs. By Cole Blake May 01, 2025
Music Foolio Murder Suspect Alleges She Was Manipulated Into Plot By Domestic Abuse Alice Andrews claims Isaiah Chance abused her and manipulated her into the murder plot. Chance is also a codefendant in this case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2025
Music Mustard Admits To Yelling Own Name After Kendrick Lamar "TV Off" Meme He can't avoid it. By Elias Andrews November 27, 2024
Music Playboi Carti: "Curren$y Used To Be My Favorite Rapper" Cash Carti cites Spitta as a fave. By Milca P. May 09, 2017
Music Snoop Dogg Introduces Latest Death Row Records Signee, Charlie Bereal Snoop Dogg's latest signee is an interesting one. By Devin Morton July 25, 2024