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Music Outkast's Big Boi Never Imagined Making The Rock N' Roll Hall-of-Fame Until The Nomination Big Boi and Andre 3000 of Outkast created award-winning classics like "Hey Ya," "The Way You Move," and "Roses." By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 06, 2025
Music Fetty Wap's Sister Pleads For His Prison Release So He Can Be With His Family Fetty Wap received a six-year prison sentence in 2023 for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music Peter Rosenberg Reacts To DJ Vlad Claiming He’ll Retire “Broke And Bitter” Peter Rosenberg and DJ Vlad's beef goes way back, but for now, it's unclear what prompted this latest tense exchange. By Caroline Fisher April 05, 2025
Music Young Scooter Memorial In Atlanta Hosts Hundreds Of People Celebrating His Life Rappers from all over the game like Cam'ron, Playboi Carti, Future, and Meek Mill continue to pay tribute to the late Young Scooter. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
TV “South Park” References Diddy’s Explosive Legal Battle In New Season 27 Trailer Diddy is currently facing charges related to alleged sex trafficking and racketeering, and his trial is scheduled to begin next month. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2025
Music NAV Outpacing Lil Durk In Tight First-Week Sales Race A lot of fans are absolutely flabbergasted by this current projection but clearly, NAV did his thing with "OMW2 REXDALE." By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Is Tired Of Kanye West's "Boring" Antics After DJ Akademiks' Shocking Interview Kanye West has been making tons of headlines for the controversial antics from his interview with DJ Akademiks. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Trolls Wale For Handicap Sign In His Car Wale's response to Freddie Gibbs was pretty cut and dry, although he didn't really explain much for confused fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 31, 2025
Music Jessie Reyez Has Something For Everyone On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Jessie Reyez, 6LACK, Naomi Sharon, Ari Lennox, and Emotional Oranges brought some bops on "R&B Season" this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Drops New Teaser For Kanye West Interview Last week, DJ Akademiks claimed he had yet to receive the green light from Kanye West's team to release the interview. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Are Rollin Down To Nashville To Open Still G.I.N. Cocktail Lounge Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg have created countless classics since the 90s. They reunited in 2024 to release their latest collab, Missionary. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 29, 2025
Music Selena's Killer Denied Parole 30 Years After Murder Yolanda Saldívar claimed that there is a bounty on her head in prison for her murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025