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Music 112 Conveniently Omit Diddy Lyric While Rapping Biggie Smalls 112 released three albums with Bad Boy Records. The Atlanta quartet would battle rivals Jagged Edge in Verzuz. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's Producer Deezle Sues UMG Over Unpaid "The Carter 3" Royalties Lil Wayne's The Carter 3 sold over a million copies in it's first-week with hit songs "Lollipop," "A Milli," and "Got Money." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 24, 2025
Music GloRilla Hilariously Leans Into Nose Job Jokes Amid Backlash Social media users have been harsh on GloRilla this week after she seemingly confirmed she got a nose job. By Caroline Fisher May 24, 2025
Music REASON Dismisses SwaVay & Ben Reilly's Biting Accusations After Joey Bada$$ Battle REASON's former collaborators SwaVay and Ben Reilly claimed he stole their material for his Joey Bada$$ diss track, "The Dead Apple." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music Prosecutors Believe Lil Durk Allegedly Incriminated Himself During DJ Akademiks Interview The feds have been searching to find any sort of evidence against Lil Durk, and they believe they struck gold with this clip. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Returns With Potential Dagger Response To Ray Vaughn With "CRASH DUMMY" Joey Bada$$ is looking to assert his dominance over the West Coast and TDE, and this expertly crafted response to Ray Vaughn may just do it. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Enlists Loaded Lux For Diss Track "My Town," Ray Vaughn Claps Back Hours Later With "Golden Eye" Joey Bada$$ and Ray Vaughn continue to trade diss tracks and with the addition of Loaded Lux, this just got more interesting. By Alexander Cole May 20, 2025
Relationships DDG Reportedly Granted Permission To Visit Halo With Halle Bailey In Italy DDG sought permission to travel to Italy with Halle Bailey and Halo earlier this week. There will be a lot of restrictions, however. By Zachary Horvath June 28, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Taps Lil Wayne & Smino For A "Star Line" Single Coming Very Soon Chance The Rapper's new album "Star Line" comes out next month, and Lil Wayne and Smino will grace one of the album's lead singles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Sports Lil B Ends Feud With Kevin Durant After Issuing Apology Following Conversation With E-40 Lil B briefly reignited his yearslong feud with Kevin Durant but quickly walked it back, praising him for the first time... ever? By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music Ray J Invites DJ Akademiks To “Pre-Party” For Diddy’s Possible Prison Release Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is in its final stages, and closing arguments began today. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Ebro Darden Argues Nas Has Done More For Hip-Hop Than Any Other Rapper Ebro Darden is a fan of Nas helping legendary rappers release new albums through his Mass Appeal record label. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025