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Music Cam'ron Trades Shots With Dame Dash For Joking About 50 Cent's "Paid In Full" Announcement 50 Cent announced that he's acquired the rights to make a TV series based on the 2002 film, "Paid In Full." By Cole Blake September 09, 2025
Music Kanye West's Nazism Gets Him Banned From Brazil This is actually not the first time that Kanye West has been prohibited from performing in Brazil within the last year and change. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Music Drake Left Off Spotify's Top Albums List As Kendrick Lamar & SZA Dominate Spotify Wrapped is officially here, and as you can imagine, it has created another divide between Drake and Kendrick Lamar fans. By Alexander Cole December 03, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Dominates Spotify Wrapped And Claims One Final Victory Lap Kendrick Lamar dropped "GNX" at the end of 2024, and then went on to have the biggest year of his career so far. By Alexander Cole December 03, 2025
Music 50 Cent's "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" Could Result In A Legal Battle With Diddy Diddy and his team aren't happy about the way 50 Cent and Netflix obtained footage for "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music Summer Walker Secures Year’s Biggest Debut For A Female R&B Artist With 'Finally Over It' Summer Walker's 'Finally Over It' lands at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. By Tallie Spencer November 27, 2025
Music Mike Dean Drags Timbaland For Supporting A.I. Music Mike Dean and Timbaland seem to be on opposing sides of the artificial intelligence debate in music, but it might be more complicated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2025
Music 50 Cent’s Diddy Docuseries Premiere Is Just Days Away 50 Cent has been teasing "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" for several months, and now, the Alexandria Stapleton-directed series is on the way. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Judge Intends To Order Sale Of Nicki Minaj’s $20 Million Mansion Over Unpaid Assault Judgment In 2021, Nicki Minaj was sued by a German security guard over an alleged assault that took place backstage at a concert. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Joe Budden Attempts To Clarify His Megan Thee Stallion Call Of Duty Comments Joe Budden fired up a lot of Megan Thee Stallion fans after she said she turned down an offer to appear in a "Call Of Duty" game. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Joe Budden Dragged For Comments On Megan Thee Stallion's "Call Of Duty" Denial These alleged comments about Megan Thee Stallion on "The Joe Budden Podcast" are up for interpretation, but nonetheless divisive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music Ja Rule Posts Cheery Video Showing He Wasn't Hurt After Alleged Jumping According to Tasha K, Ja Rule got jumped "pretty phucking bad," but the rapper is here to debunk her report once more. By Zachary Horvath November 21, 2025