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Music Young Thug Fares Better In Updated "UY SCUTI" First Week Sales Projections Although Young Thug might surpass initial projections, his new album "UY SCUTI" is still critically divisive and meager performance-wise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Ralo Apologizes To Pooh Shiesty For Denying Gucci Mane Snitching Claims Ralo still has a lot of love for Gucci Mane, but he's finding out the hard way that this Pooh Shiesty situation is very complicated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2026
Music Drake Fans Spam Rihanna's Comments With "ICEMAN" Lyrics Drake took lyrical jabs at A$AP Rocky and Rihanna on "ICEMAN," and now he comment sections have been flooded with trolls. By Erika Marie May 18, 2026
Music Cardi B Reacts To BIA's Debut Album Flopping And JT's Diss Tracks Cardi B has said she was going tone things down with her foes BIA and JT, but that doesn't mean she won't strike again. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2025
Music The Grammys Allegedly Reached Out To Drake For "ICEMAN" Submissions Drake has previously declined submitting his work for Grammys consideration on multiple occasions, and UMG is allegedly pushing for a change. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2026
Music Lil Tjay Arrested In Connection With Offset Shooting, Sheriff's Office Releases Mugshot With conflicting reports circulating online, TMZ is reporting that Lil Tjay was arrested in connection with the shooting that injured Offset. By Alexander Cole April 07, 2026
Music DJ Vlad Blasts "Cokehead" Kid Cudi Over Jim Jones "Day 'N' Nite" Debate Kid Cudi blasted DJ Vlad and Jim Jones for claiming Jones' remix of Cudi's "Day 'N' Nite" is what propelled Cudi to mainstream success. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2026
Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Lil Baby Ditches "Dominique" And Announces "The Leak$" Project Instead With Stacked Feature List Lil Baby had been teasing "Dominique" ever since the release of "WHAM" in January. That seems to be on the back burner now. By Zachary Horvath August 05, 2025
Music Latto Allegedly Disses Ice Spice On Their Own Collab "Gyatt" While some fans think Ice Spice and Latto squashed their beef with their new song "Gyatt," others think they're still taking shots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Claim NLE Choppa's Using Bots After Dropping His Diss Track NLE Choppa shocked folks yesterday by dissing NBA YoungBoy on a new single titled "KO." Now the latter's fans are trying to expose him. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Finesse2tymes Battles For Custody Of Daughter Following Her Mother’s Death According to Finesse2tymes, the mother of one of his children recently passed away, and now her family is seeking child support. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025