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Music Lil Durk Freed From Solitary Confinement After Five-Month Stint Roughly five months ago, Lil Durk was placed in solitary confinement for allegedly having an Apple Watch in prison. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026
Music Drake Exposed For Allegedly Winning Unrealistic Amount Of Games On Stake Drake is already facing a class-action lawsuit alongside Stake and Adin Ross for their gambling livestreams. By Cole Blake March 02, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang Announces Latest Signee Imani Imani releases her debut project "Papercut." By Aron A. June 02, 2026
Music JAY-Z Strikes Target Deal For "Reasonable Doubt" Exclusive Vinyl Amid Boycott & People Aren't Happy Target faces boycotts after pulling back on DEI efforts. By Aron A. June 15, 2026
Music Travis Scott Tells A Fan That "JACKBOYS 2" Is Dropping "Soon As F**k" Travis Scott recently confirmed to a fan that the long-awaited sequel to the "Jackboys" compilation album was on the way. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music Benzino Claims Young Thug's Jail Calls Are Leaked By The U.S. Government Benzino's rap career began in the 90s, it has included beefs with 50 Cent, Eminem, Fat Joe, and his daughter Coi Leray. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 07, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Off On Anthony Fantano For Drake "ICEMAN" Prediction DJ Akademiks said he told Drake to delay his new album "ICEMAN" because of folks like Anthony Fantano speculating about its release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2026
Music Cardi B Publicly Apologizes To Latto Following Shocking Leaked Call Audio Cardi B apologized to Latto for the stray she received during a leaked call where Cardi threatened to fight Ice Spice. By Devin Morton October 01, 2025
Music Gunna's New Album "The Last Wun" Gets Solid First Week Sales Projections This is reportedly Gunna's final album under YSL, and this end of an era resonated with many fans for various reasons. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Removes "COUSINS" From Spotify During this period of enlightenment for Kanye West, he's also deleted songs like "HALLELUJAH" and "WW3" from his streaming accounts. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Crime Mob: Where Are They Now? The members of Crime Mob have sparsely made headlines in the last few years. By Demi Phillips January 22, 2024
Streetwear Drake's New "Where She At" T-Shirt Sparks Speculation About A$AP Rocky Beef Drake added a new "Where She At?" t-shirt to his Amazon storefront, widely seen as a shot at A$AP Rocky over Rihanna. By Ben Atkinson June 25, 2026