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Music Joe Budden Explains Why He Isn't A Fan Of Cardi B's New Single, "Imaginary Playerz" Cardi B released "Imaginary Playerz" as the second single from her long-awaited sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Music Scarface Reveals To Shannon Sharpe He Doesn't Care About The Music Game Anymore Scarface is a member of the iconic Houston rap group, The Geto Boys. He is best known for the classic song “Smile,” featuring Tupac. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 18, 2025
Sports Stephen Jackson Says Lil Yachty Apologized For Controversial George Floyd Lyric George Floyd's brother Terrence also called out Lil Yachty for his controversial lyrical reference in a new song he teased. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Lucian Grainge Fires Back At Drake's Attempts To Access His Emails & Texts About "Not Like Us" Lucian Grainge claims he had no knowledge or oversight related to Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track before it came out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Sides With Nicki Minaj Amid Twitter Spat With SZA In the war of words between Nicki Minaj and SZA on Tuesday evening, DJ Akademiks is taking the side of Minaj. By Devin Morton July 16, 2025
Music Pusha T Explains How Tyler The Creator's "P.O.V." Feature Came To Be Pusha T recently explained how Tyler, The Creator ended up on the Clipse's long-awaited comeback album. By Devin Morton July 13, 2025
Music Karrine Steffans Says She Can't Be Sure Whether She Had Sex With Diddy Karrine Steffans's appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" comes after Diddy was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Channels Tupac To Reveal Shocking New Look NLE Choppa not only debuted a new look seemingly inspired by Tupac, but he also announced a diss track coming out later today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025
Music Trippie Redd Reportedly Arrested In Miami For Mysterious Reasons Coi Leray recently posted her daughter with Trippie Redd on social media for the first time, but this got in the way of that celebration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music A Clip of Da Band’s Freddy P Claiming Diddy Will Try To Hurt Cassie If He Beats RICO Resurfaces After Verdict Freddy P claims Diddy threatened to buy his entire neighborhood and have him attacked every time his steps out his door. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 04, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Claims Cassie Is Just As Guilty As Diddy After Trial Verdict A jury found Diddy not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in his criminal trial in New York City on Wednesday. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Family Photo After Super Bowl Resurfaces Kendrick Lamar has been performing nonstop this year, but at least he finds pockets of quality time in between the ruckus. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 03, 2025