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Music Hip-Hop Albums & Songs Dropping Tonight, August 28, 2026 There are some incredible hip-hop albums coming out tonight as Rod Wave, Erykah Badu, The Alchemist, DJ Dahi, and Fat Joe prepare to drop. By Alexander Cole August 27, 2026
Music OTF Jam Reveals Why He Snitched And Why He Has No Respect For Lil Durk OTF Jam was back on the stand today for the trial of Lil Durk, and he offered some harsh words regarding his former boss. By Alexander Cole August 27, 2026
Music Hit-Boy Says He Doesn’t See Himself Working With Nas Again Despite everything they accomplished together, Hit-Boy says there are deeper reasons he doesn’t see another Nas project happening. By Erika Marie August 25, 2026
Music Elliott Wilson Reveals Old Kendrick Lamar Leak Was Supposed To Feature Drake Kendrick Lamar and Drake are now lifelong enemies, although once upon a time, they were making music together. By Alexander Cole August 27, 2026
Music Unseen Footage Of King Von's Murder Shown During Lil Durk Trial Lil Durk's trial is currently going down in Los Angeles, and on Day 2, footage of King Von's murder was shown in court. By Alexander Cole August 26, 2026
Music Brian Steel Demands Mistrial In Lil Durk Case As OTF Jam Mentions Tory Lanez On The Stand OTF Jam told a story involving Tory Lanez while on the stand in the Lil Durk trial, and it had Brian Steel calling for a mistrial. By Alexander Cole August 27, 2026
Music OTF Jam Takes Stand, Implicates Lil Durk In Murder-For-Hire Case While testifying against Lil Durk, OTF Jam admitted to violent crimes, detailed gang affiliations and named others he says participated. By Erika Marie August 26, 2026
Music Lil Durk Trial: OTF Vonni, OTF Jam, And Flacka To Testify For The Prosecution Lil Durk's defense is now claiming that OTF Vonni was the one to blame for the death of Lul Pab as opening statements continue. By Alexander Cole August 24, 2026
Music Young Thug Reveals "Slime Language 3" Will Drop Soon After A "Few Changes" Young Thug and his Young Stoner Life (YSL) collective just dropped a "Slime Language 3" single this week, but where's the album? By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2026
Streetwear Drake Speaks Out As Authentic Brands Group Buys Majority Stake In OVO Brand Authentic Brands Group has just acquired a 51% stake in Drake's OVO brand, allowing Drake to control creative direction. By Ben Atkinson August 27, 2026
Music 50 Cent Is Full Of Glee After Rick Ross' Shows Get Canceled Rick Ross and 50 Cent have spent a lot of time downplaying each other's successes and celebrating each other's failures in music and beyond. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2026
Music Machine Gun Kelly Speaks Out After Attending Lil Durk Trial Machine Gun Kelly was present for Day 1 of Lil Durk's trial in Los Angeles, and with the media weighing in, MGK has a response. By Alexander Cole August 26, 2026
Music Lil Durk Accused Of Attempting To Flee The Country And Paying For Hitmen With Amex Card Lil Durk began his murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles on Monday, and some big allegations were presented by the prosecution. By Alexander Cole August 25, 2026
Music The Game Says Earlier Versions Of “No Brakes” Weren't “Too Kind” Alternate versions of “No Brakes” were more confrontational before The Game reworked "The Documentary III." By Erika Marie August 24, 2026
Music Fat Joe Speaks On Trying To Squash Drake's Beef With DJ Khaled Fat Joe has given Drake much praise, and Drizzy's beef with Joe's friend DJ Khaled put him in a tough spot. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2026
TV JAŸ-Z & Rick Rubin’s HBO Max Docuseries Lands A Release Date A new trailer for HBO Max’s “JAŸ-Z in 8” has arrived. By Aron A. August 26, 2026
Sneakers Playboi Carti Wears Air Jordan 6 "Infrared" On Stage In Dublin Playboi Carti was seen laced up in the Air Jordan 6 "Infrared" during his Dublin performance on The Weeknd's tour. By Ben Atkinson August 25, 2026
Music N.O.R.E. Fires Back At DJ Vlad After Being Called A “Snake” N.O.R.E. also accused DJ Vlad of exploiting "Black drama" while explaining why he ultimately refused to appear on VladTV. By Erika Marie August 26, 2026
Music Meek Mill Calls OTF Jam A “Heathen” Over Lil Durk Testimony The Philly rapper questioned Jam’s credibility after he admitted violent crimes while implicating Durk in the alleged Quando Rondo plot. By Erika Marie August 27, 2026
Music "Slime Language 3" May Have Been Delayed Due To Birth Of Ian Connor's Child Young Stoner Life was supposed to drop "Slime Language 3" today, but Ian Connor may have delayed some things for Young Thug and company. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2026

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