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Music Turk Takes Legal Action After Getting Kicked Off Cash Money Tour Allegedly, Turk was kicked off the Cash Money Millionaires’ 30th Anniversary Tour after being labeled a "security risk." By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2025
Music Martin Shkreli Hit With Lawsuit Over Wu-Tang Clan's Secretive Album Martin Shkreli lost ownership of the album after being found guilty on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy in 2017. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Jim Jones, Maino, Fabolous, & Dave East Launched A Podcast Based On No Money In Music DJ Akademiks began livestreaming after achieving success on YouTube and Instagram with his self-made hip-hop exposés. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 28, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Reveals Issues With Kanye West After Making "Vultures" Track "Back To Me" Freddie Gibbs has collaborated with a diverse range of producers, including Kanye West, The Alchemist, and Madlib, to create classic music. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 27, 2025
Music Young Thug Firing Members Of His Team For Axing Rod Wave's "UY SCUTI" Verse Rod Wave was apparently supposed to have a verse on "Blaming Jesus" off of the new Young Thug album "UY SCUTI." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Diddy Gets Letters Of Support From Inmates Who Attended His "Free Game" Course Diddy's legal team shared the letters while arguing for a lenient sentence ahead of his hearing, next month. By Cole Blake September 25, 2025
Music Cardi B’s Updated Sales Projections For “Am I The Drama?” Prove She’s Still Got It Cardi B received a fairly surprising sales projection for "AM I THE DRAMA" this past weekend, but it seems things are back to normal. By Zachary Horvath September 23, 2025
Relationships Cardi B Jokingly Reveals Why Stefon Diggs Needs To Marry Her Cardi B has been dating New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs amid her divorce from Offset. By Cole Blake September 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Complains To Playboi Carti About Pusha T's "Black Lives Matter" Verse In Old Clip This clip from the "Donda" sessions shows a scrapped Pusha T verse on the Kanye West, Playboi Carti, and Fivio Foreign collab "Off The Grid." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Music SNL's Michael Che Confronts Kanye West Backstage In Unearthed Clip From 2018 This one of many new pieces of Kanye West footage that's available now thanks to his new documentary that's currently in theaters. By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music d4vd's Remaining U.S. Tour Dates Canceled Amid Homicide Investigation d4vd was also reportedly set to appear at a Grammy Museum event next week, but it seems like that's also off the table. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music Dame Dash Claims He's Revolt's Chairman Despite Loren LoRosa Confirming Otherwise Dame Dash went off on Charlamagne Tha God and "The Breakfast Club" earlier today during a heated interview. By Zachary Horvath September 16, 2025