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Music Keyshia Cole & Maino Reflect On Their Past Beef Over A Lewd Song Lyric Keyshia Cole and Maino became good friends after this rift, even thought she pelted lemons at him at a nightclub. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music Fat Joe Reveals How Ruff Ryders Saved Him From Man With Machine Gun According to Fat Joe, he was attending the Grammys with Big Pun one year when their Los Angeles visit took a frightening turn. By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Reportedly Breaks Another Record After Hot 100 Exit Loads of fans can't believe Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" has held on for this long, whereas many others are tired of its hype. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025
Music Suge Knight Thinks Diddy Should Testify In His Federal Trial Suge Knight previously dismissed the Diddy trial and advocated for the mogul's acquittal despite their rivalry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025
Music Erica Banks Gets Defensive Following Internet's Mixed Reactions To Her Strip Tour Announcement Erica Banks has made headlines for her choice to go under the knife twice and anything related to her BBL seems to drive people mad. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Ab-Soul Threatens To Slap DJ Akademiks & Bring Back Black Hippy In Warning Shot To The East Coast Ab-Soul was part of the Red Bull Freestyle with Joey Bada$$ and after a battle with Ray Vaughn and Reason, a new challenge has arrived. By Alexander Cole May 27, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Thanks Jeffrey Wright For Giving Him Acting Advice While Shooting "Highest 2 Lowest" ASAP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright star alongside Denzel Washington and many more in Spike Lee's new film, "Highest 2 Lowest." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Analyzes Young Thug’s Comment To Kid Cudi Testifying Against Diddy DJ Akademiks is known for his commentary on hip hop current events. He has been very vocal during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music TheARTI$T & Honey Bxby "Risk It All" On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update TheARTI$T, Honey Bxby, and Leon Thomas are front and center on this week's edition of our "R&B Season" playlist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Viral DDG's Friendly Interaction With A Woman On Stream Leads To Racial Slur Controversy It seems like DDG and the woman are fine, so this was something going out of proportion. Still, it was a risky and worrisome insinuation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Ice Of "The Joe Budden Podcast" Eviscerates Hitta J3 For Dissing Him Hitta J3 and Ice were beefing way before the former decided to shoot at the latter on his Joey Bada$$ diss, "The Last Supper." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's Producer Deezle Sues UMG Over Unpaid "The Carter 3" Royalties Lil Wayne's The Carter 3 sold over a million copies in it's first-week with hit songs "Lollipop," "A Milli," and "Got Money." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 24, 2025