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Music Young Thug Reveals His Reasoning For Taking The Plea Deal In YSL Trial There was some initial back-and-forth on whether or not to take the plea deal, but Young Thug eventually took it to end the rough road. By Zachary Horvath April 28, 2025
Music Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul Chimes Into Viral Drake Debate From Bas Bas lit a fire in hip-hop discourse recently when he called out Ebro's criticism of Drake concerning hip-hop culture. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2025
Wrestling Killer Mike Bodies Freestyle Over "FE!N" Following Travis Scott's Controversial WrestleMania 41 Run Killer Mike has no issues with Travis Scott anymore, but it's still kind of funny to see the former rap over one of La Flame's beats. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Claimed Megan Thee Stallion Wasn't A "Vulnerable Victim" In Appeal Tory Lanez and his legal team unsuccessfully tried to overturn his conviction and prison sentence in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Never-Before-Seen Footage Shows Diddy & Cassie Having A Ball While Celebrating His Birthday In Mexico Per reports, Cassie is currently testifying against Diddy in Manhattan. She's touched on his alleged "freak-offs" and the 2016 video. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Boldly Proclaims "F**K ICE" Amid Los Angeles Protests Tyler The Creator joins The Game as another Los Angeles artist as protestors are advocating against ICE raids in the area. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Music Offset Comes Out In A Wheelchair During First Performance Since Shooting Just about 24 hours after Offset was released from the hospital, the rapper decided to give his fans a surprise performance. By Zachary Horvath April 12, 2026
Music Yung Filly Hit With Two New Sexual Assault Charges YouTuber and raper Yung Filly already faced various allegations in the past accusing him of sexual misconduct overseas. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Snoh Aalegra Breaks Down Her Ethnicity For The Last Time Snoh Aalegra clears up any confusion about her ethnicity. By Alex Zidel July 21, 2021
Music Wack 100 Threatens To Take Legal Action Against Big U Over Snitching Allegations Shortly before Big U turned himself in, he went live on Instagram, where he alleged that Wack 100 is "working with the FBI." By Caroline Fisher February 25, 2026
Music Joe Budden Says He "Jumped For Joy" When J. Cole's Car Broke Down J. Cole has been traveling across the country in his Honda Civic to sell CD copies of his new album, "The Fall-Off." By Cole Blake February 25, 2026
Music Drake Proclaims "It's Still Personal" In Post Flexing His Years Of Success Whether this is an "ICEMAN" tease, a message to his haters, or just another random photo dump, Drake had something to get off his chest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025