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Music Faith Evans Hit With Major Lawsuit Over The Notorious B.I.G.'s Mother’s Estate The Notorious B.I.G.'s mother, Voletta Wallace, passed away back in February at the age of 72. By Cole Blake July 10, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Reposts And Deletes Instagram Story Trashing Clipse's New Album Justin Bieber reposted (and swiftly deleted) an Instagram Story from a friend dissing Clipse and their fanbase. By Devin Morton July 13, 2025
Music Max B & Jim Jones' Beef Seemingly Reignited By Social Media Bots 50 Cent also resurfaced the beef on Instagram in the wake of Max B finally getting out of prison following his 2009 conviction. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music Mickey Factz Answers Mos Def’s Rap Challenge, Factz Enlists Lupe Fiasco & Daylyt To Battle Black Thought & King Los Mickey Factz went viral recently for his claim that Lupe Fiasco is a better "lyricist" than Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Relationships Cardi B Calls Out Female Rappers Who Use Offset's Infidelity To Diss Her Cardi B says Offset's alleged infidelity became a liability for her career as she's now dating Stefon Diggs. By Cole Blake June 04, 2025
Music The Game Reveals "Crack Music 2" With Kanye West Will Be On New Mixtape The Game only had part of the chorus on Kanye West's 2005 song "Crack Music," and it looks like he's giving a full verse now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music 50 Cent Says Diddy Looks Like A "Raccoon" In New Prison Photos 50 Cent's controversial executive production of the new Netflix docuseries "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" has resulted in many more Diddy jokes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Music Gracie Bon Claims 20 Percent Of Kendrick Lamar's Attacks On Drake In "Not Like Us" Are True Model Gracie Bon was on La Casa de Alofoke, where she leveled a plethora of allegations against Drake, and even brought up "Not Like Us." By Alexander Cole November 03, 2025
Music Ray Vaughn Scathingly Reacts To Joey Bada$$' New Single "ABK" Joey Bada$$ and Ray Vaughn joined many other MCs in an East Coast and West Coast rap battle earlier this year, and they led the charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music GloRilla Faces New Lawsuit For Allegedly Stealing Viral “No BBL” Catchphrase Influencer Natalie Henderson, who also goes by @slimdabodylast, accuses GloRilla of using a phrase she popularized without permission. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Drake Addresses UK Rappers Vs US Rappers, Claims Best Lyricists In The World Are From London Drake's history with UK hip hop includes signing Skepta to BBK, collaborating with Central Cee and Jorja Smith, and producing Top Boy. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 12, 2025
Music Reason For Lil Woody's Arrest In Atlanta Finally Revealed Lil Woody previously made a number of headlines for his antics while testifying in the YSL RICO trial, last year. By Cole Blake July 07, 2025