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Music 50 Cent Taunts Diddy By Predicting His Fate Amid Sex Trafficking Trial Unsurprisingly, 50 Cent hasn't stopped trolling Diddy since his long-awaited sex trafficking trial began this month. By Caroline Fisher May 25, 2025
Music Luce Cannon & Bricc Baby Reveal They Are Cellmates Amid Big U RICO Case Luce Cannon and Bricc Baby had both allegedly made comments supposedly connected to the Big U RICO case on the "No Jumper" platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Warns West Coast Artists After Dody6 & Kendrick Lamar Debacle Dody6 called Kendrick Lamar out while revealing he became homeless after the success of "hey now," and then apologized for his remarks. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music Charleston White Claims To Have Paperwork Proving Young Thug Snitched Charleston White is still going off on Young Thug after accusing Thug and his entourage of allegedly threatening him at a Druski event. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Deals Another Blow To Drake As Toronto Fans Beg For A "Not Like Us" Encore Kendrick Lamar and SZA were in Toronto last night for the "Grand National Tour," and as you can imagine, "Not Like Us" was part of the show. By Alexander Cole June 13, 2025
Music EBK Jaaybo Reportedly Arrested For Weapon, Drug & Theft Charges EBK Jaaybo has been through a lot of legal issues this year, but he's also been able to drop new music amid these struggles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2025
Pop Culture 6ix9ine Roasts Grown Men Who Watch Kai Cenat's Streams 6ix9ine has been expressing his issues with a host of rappers, but he's apparently got disdain for the biggest streamer, Kai Cenat, too. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music Drake Makes Surprise Stop At Toronto Elementary School To Support Adonis At Soccer Game Drake recently took a break from the rollout of his upcoming album "ICEMAN" to show his seven-year-old son some love. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Judge Throws Out Jay-Z's Defamation Lawsuit Against Attorney Tony Buzbee Jay-Z's attorney, Alex Spiro, has already confirmed that the rapper intends to file an appeal of the decision. By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Falls Off The Hot 100 Chart For The 1st Time Since Drake Beef Kendrick Lamar has put out a number of hits that have landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart over the last year. By Cole Blake October 21, 2025
Music YNW Bortlen’s New Mugshot Surfaces As He Begins 10-Year Sentence In YNW Melly Case Last month, YNW Bortlen accepted a plea deal in his double murder case just a day before his trial was set to begin. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Shatter Record For Highest-Grossing Hip-Hop Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour also has support from Mustard, and it didn't take long to make history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025