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Music 50 Cent Fed Up With New York After NFL Player Gets Shot 50 Cent recently took to social media to encourage his fellow New Yorkers to consider Shreveport, Louisiana. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025
Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Surpasses 100 Million Spotify Streams The "ICEMAN" hype is real. Drake's "Which One" is about to reach this same milestone, one of almost 300 tracks in his catalog to do so. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music Diddy Promises To Attend Therapy If He's Released From Prison Diddy also issued a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian in which he apologized to his victims and asked for a second chance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Cardi B Issues A Major Warning Amid Nicki Minaj & JT Feud Cardi B has been feuding with Nicki Minaj and JT since dropping her new album, "Am I The Drama?" last month. By Cole Blake October 03, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Makes Bold Promise About Cardi B's Scathing Comments Nicki Minaj and Cardi B dragged each other through the mud on Twitter in recent weeks, bringing up their children and their Black fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Young Thug Confirms Deluxe Version Of "UY Scuti" Is On The Way Young Thug discussed his plans for more new music during an appearance on Adin Ross' livestream on Tuesday night. By Cole Blake October 02, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Disses Rick Ross During Scathing Cardi B Rant Nicki Minaj and Cardi B have been going back and forth this week, although Rick Ross did not ask to be involved. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Cardi B's "AM I THE DRAMA" Sees Decent Drop In Early Second-Week Sales Update Drops in sales numbers are normal but given how big Cardi B is and how long the wait was for the LP, this slip is a bit shocking. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Documentary Pulls Off Impressive Opening Weekend Despite Lack Of Promotion The Nico Ballesteros-directed documentary "In Whose Name?" was filmed over six years of Kanye West's life. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Summer Walker Confirms She’s Content With Life After Chris Brown Kiss Recently, Chris Brown invited Summer Walker to join him onstage for a performance of "Take You Down" in Las Vegas. By Caroline Fisher September 22, 2025
Music D4vd’s “Romantic Homicide” Climbs Charts After Missing Teen Is Found In His Tesla The body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, who went missing last year, was found in an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd this month. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025