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Music Lil Durk's Lawyer Believes Only "Weak-Legged" Prosecutors Take Hip-Hop RICO Cases Lil Durk is the subject of a federal murder-for-hire case, which doesn't actually have any racketeering charges to make it a RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Akon Claims T-Pain Went Broke Trying To Keep Up With Him Akon signed T-Pain to his Konvict Music Group after the success of his debut album, Locked Up. T-Pain released five albums. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Travis Scott Finally Begins Pre-Orders For "Jackboys 2" The move comes after Travis Scott dropped a new single from the project featuring Don Toliver and Sheck Wes on Tuesday. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Streetwear Pharrell And A$AP Rocky’s Louis Vuitton Collaboration Reportedly Scrapped The rumored Pharrell Williams and A$AP Rocky Louis Vuitton collaboration may be off, but the story behind its cancellation reveals more. By Ben Atkinson July 08, 2025
Music 50 Cent Clowns Diddy Over New Lawsuit Alleging He Masturbated Into The Notorious B.I.G.’s Shirt Diddy is facing yet another new lawsuit by a man seeking damages for alleged sexual battery, emotional distress, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2025
Music Iceman Toronto Co-Owner Speaks On Drake Collaboration For "ICEMAN" Rollout Iceman Toronto co-owner Jake Silva discussed working with Drake on "ICEMAN EPISODE 1" ahead of Drake's next album. By Devin Morton July 06, 2025
Music L.A. Rapper 4Xtra Allegedly Loses Fingers In Gruesome Firework Accident On 4th Of July Aaron The Plumber reacted to 4Xtra firework accident on social media, calling the rapper “4 Nubs” in latest post. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 05, 2025
Music Young Thug Brings His Sons Out For Wholesome Concert Moment Young Thug's performance alongside his sons at Germany's Splash! festival this Friday preludes his highly anticipated "UY SCUTI" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music Drake Divulges On His Current Mental State On Another "ICEMAN" Snippet Drake teased "What Did I Miss?" as well, which he dropped on streaming platforms just moments after his YouTube stream ended. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
Music Young Noble Of Outlawz Dies At 47 By Apparent Suicide Today, E.D.I. Mean took to Instagram to announce the tragic passing of his fellow Outlawz member Young Noble. By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music 6ix9ine And DJ Akademiks Discuss The Diddy Trial Verdict On Livestream 6ix9ine does not believe that Diddy's legal woes will end anytime soon and that prosecutors will continue to bring new charges against him. By Devin Morton July 04, 2025
Music Mello Buckzz's Boyfriend Shot-&-Killed During Her Mixtape Release Party Four people were killed and 14 others were wounded in the drive-by shooting at the Artis Lounge in Chicago. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025