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Music What Happened To Dr Dre & Kendrick Lamar's "The Recipe" Music Video? "The Recipe," which wound up being a bonus cut, was the first promotional single for Kendrick Lamar's classic "good kid, m.A.A.d city." By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Papoose Takes T.I.'s Lead By Dissing 50 Cent In "Many Men" Freestyle It seems like T.I.'s feud with 50 Cent has inspired Papoose to reignite his own beef with Fif from earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music Alleged Crips Member Shot & Killed Outside Of Gunna's Show In NYC The man was shot and killed as patrons left a club where Gunna had made an appearance in New York City on Sunday. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Music JAŸ-Z Targets The Haters And Mentions Colin Kaepernick In New Freestyle Night one of JAŸ-Z's Yankee Stadium run this weekend held many special guests, compelling performances, and some bars for the critics. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2026
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
Music Drake, Future & Molly Santana Might Go Number One With "ICEMAN" Collab Drake's "Ran To Atlanta" featuring Future and Molly Santana is one of the most consequential tracks on Drizzy's new album "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2026
Music Memphis Bleek Tells Jadakiss To Leave 38 Spesh Alone Memphis Bleek argued 38 Spesh's disses against Jadakiss are more of a sign of respect than disrespect, and that Jada shouldn't sweat it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 25, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar & Drake Are Neck-&-Neck In Total Album Sales This Year Kendrick Lamar put out his latest album, "GNX," back in November while Drake released "Some Sexy Songs 4 U" in February. By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music Daz Dillinger Reveals His Real Issue With Snoop Dogg & Death Row Records Daz Dillinger and Snoop Dogg have been trading shots on social media over a contract dispute with Death Row Records. By Cole Blake December 10, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Drake Needs To Drop "Heat" After New 21 Savage Collab It seems like Drake and 21 Savage's "MR RECOUP" off of 21's new album "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" did not impress Joe Budden. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music Cardi B Yells At Arena Staff In Atlanta While Live On Instagram Cardi B nearly canceled the final stop of her "Little Miss Drama" tour in Atlanta over venue staff's alleged disrespect to her team. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
Music Cam’ron & Mase Question Why Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Are Covered Differently Than Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce In a recent podcast, Cam'ron and Mase compared the media's coverage of Cardi B and Stefon Diggs and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026