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Music Offset And Cash Cobain Met With Silence While Opening For NBA YoungBoy In NYC Despite Cash Cobain and Offset being two big contemporary stars in rap, the NBA YoungBoy crowd may not be their target audience. By Zachary Horvath September 29, 2025
Music Diddy Requests A Mistrial As He Accuses Prosecutors Of Presenting Untrue Testimony Diddy was arrested last September and hit with charges related to alleged sex trafficking and racketeering, and his trial began last month. By Caroline Fisher June 07, 2025
Music N.O.R.E. Defends His Revelation About Pusha T's Angry Drake & Pharrell Phone Call N.O.R.E. claimed that Pusha T angrily called him when Pharrell refused to choose between him and Drake in a "Drink Champs" interview. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 14, 2025
Music Gunna Shares Lengthy Tracklist And Features For New Album "The Last Wun" This will reportedly be Gunna's final album under YSL, and fans wonder whether he will have anything to say about that on "The Last Wun." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music SZA Exposes Nicki Minaj's Text Messages As Feud Rages On SZA and Nicki Minaj's virla feud on social media continues into Wednesday night with more fiery posts on X. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Bizarrely Changes His Album Title To "Cuck" Kanye West has already confirmed that he'll be working with Dave Blunts on several songs off of the upcoming project. By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Appears To Fire Back At Ray Vaughn & Daylyt On Fiery Red Bull Freestyle With Big Sean & Ab-Soul Joey Bada$$ started this battle at the top of 2025 with his track "The Ruler's Back," sparking Ray Vaughn and Daylyt to respond. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music Drake Reignites Beef With Anthony Fantano By Trolling Him On Instagram Amid Controversy Drake took to Instagram to laugh at Anthony Fantano after videos of the YouTuber using slurs resurfaced online. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music Fake Drake Coffin Arrives On DJ Khaled’s Doorstep After Eerie 6ix9ine Incident Recently, a fake coffin with "RIP Drake" written on it was dropped off at DJ Khaled's house after something similar happened to 6ix9ine. By Caroline Fisher February 21, 2025
Music Diddy Looks Weary In His First Prison Photo Since His Arrest Diddy was previously held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, but now he's at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Music Jay-Z Declines Seeking Legal Fees From Man Claiming To Be His Son While Jay-Z spared Rymir Satterthwaite from a hefty legal bill, his legal guardian is still trying to secure a court victory against Hov. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections For "UY SCUTI" Young Thug's "UY SCUTI" dropped this past Friday, September 26, with who's who of features. But it's trending in the wrong direction. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025