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Music Cardi B Brings Out Meek Mill To Perform An Iconic Song In Philadelphia Cardi B will continue traveling across North America on her "Little Miss Drama" tour through the end of April. By Cole Blake April 08, 2026
Music Offset Unveils Facial Injuries After Alleged Fight With Lil Tjay Offset is currently in the hospital recovering from a shooting that took place outside of a Florida casino earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher April 08, 2026
Music Blondy Of The Sequence Dead At 67 Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook recently confirmed the passing of her groupmate Blondy, revealing that she's "in shock." By Caroline Fisher April 08, 2026
Music Wack 100 Slams Lil Tjay, Claims Offset Could Cash In Big After Shooting Offset was recently shot outside of a Florida casino, and according to Wack 100, this could result in a massive lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher April 07, 2026
Music 50 Cent Weighs In On Kanye West's Wireless Festival Controversy Kanye West's headlining gig at Wireless Festival comes after he performed in Los Angeles for the first time since 2021. By Cole Blake April 06, 2026
Music Cardi B Tells Fans To Leave BIA Alone After Performing Diss Track In Her State Cardi B basically said she can handle BIA by herself during her Boston stop this week on her "Little Miss Drama" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Pooh Shiesty & His Father’s Arrest After FBI Raid Earlier this week, Pooh Shiesty and his father were both arrested following a raid of the rapper's Tennessee home. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music J. Cole Claims "First Person Shooter" Was Originally A Drake & Kendrick Lamar Collab In many fans' eyes, Drake and J. Cole's 2023 "For All The Dogs" collaboration is what sparked Kendrick Lamar's disses in 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music J. Cole Explains How Cam’ron Jumped The Gun On Lawsuit Against Him J. Cole explains what happened. By Tallie Spencer March 26, 2026
Music Jay-Z Argues Criticism Of Billionaires Is A "Cop-Out" Jay-Z also spoke about working on new music, coming close to collaborating with Clipse, and more during the interview. By Cole Blake March 24, 2026
Music Mero Alleges DJ Akademiks Is A Pedophile Amid Back & Forth Disses DJ Akademiks and Mero blasted each other online over Ak's criticisms of Hot 97 and their hosting change-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Future Provides Enticing Update On Next Album Amid Leak Rumors Future also seems ready to drop a fire album in 2026 especially with rap having a strong start to the year. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2026