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Music Joey Bada$$ Reveals He Was Crip Walking To Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” All Summer According to Joey Bada$$, his goal was "never to come for the West Coast," and he meant no disrespect to Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Music The Diddy Trial Begins: 5 Burning Questions We Still Need Answers For After the first day of federal trial and its jury selection process, there are many nebulous and crucial mysteries around the Diddy trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 13, 2025
Music Jeezy Claims Jay-Z Removed Him From Beyonce's "Drunk In Love" While Jeezy has a couple of iconic Jay-Z collabs under his belt, he said he fumbled his big break to work with Beyoncé. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2025
Music Lil Nas X Breaks Silence On Shocking Felony Arrest Lil Nas X spent the weekend behind bars before he was able to post a $75,000 bail on Monday for his viral arrest. By Cole Blake August 26, 2025
Music Funkmaster Flex Clarifies His Shocking “Last Show” Post Funkmaster Flex is not actually retiring and is simply moving into a new time slot at Hot 97 after Labor Day. By Cole Blake August 29, 2025
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Debates Their Issues With Lil Wayne's New Album "Tha Carter VI" While "The Joe Budden Podcast" had some criticisms of Lil Wayne's new album, they also had praise for "Tha Carter VI" and its lyricism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 07, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Allegedly Sold His Catalog For $200 Million Due To Financial Struggles Justin Bieber sold his catalog to Hipgnosis, now known as Recognition Music Group, for $200 million in January of 2023. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Drake Is On Pace To Have His Biggest Year Ever On Spotify After Latest Feat With the new album "ICEMAN" presumably coming soon, it's likely that Drake will have even more success to boast by the end of the year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music 21 Savage Inspires Various Hip-Hop Artists To Condemn "The Streets" Pooh Shiesty, YFN Lucci, and G Herbo are the latest rappers to follow 21 Savage's lead and seemingly leave "the streets" behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Music GloRilla Addresses Rumor She Shaded Megan Thee Stallion With Tory Lanez Song Some social media users recently accused Megan Thee Stallion of unfollowing her "Wanna Be" collaborator, GloRilla. By Caroline Fisher May 22, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Chimed In On "ICEMAN's" Future Feature Rumors DJ Akademiks doesn't think Drake's mind may have changed since he initially responded to rumors that he squashed his Future beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music G Herbo Puts DJ Vlad On Blast Over Shady Interview Remarks Recently, DJ Vlad called out G Herbo for turning down an interview with him once he made a name for himself. By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025