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Music Kenyon Martin Ignites Heated Debate After Claiming Rick Ross Has A Better Catalog Than Kendrick Lamar Kenyon Martin was on Gil's Arena with Rashad McCants on Tuesday night, and it led to a heated Rick Ross vs. Kendrick Lamar debate. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Streetwear Source Close to Giovanna Battaglia Clears The Air Following A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Debacle After a video went viral of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky seemingly arguing at the Met Gala, some fans pointed the finger at Giovanna Battaglia. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music New Footage Shows Foolio's Alleged Killer Attempting To Escape Interrogation Room Foolio's murder trial has entered its second week, and more alleged evidence continues to be shown in the courtroom. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
TV DJ Akademiks Unleashes On Ebro After Being Named Complex's #1 Hip-Hop Media Personality DJ Akademiks and Ebro have never seen eye to eye, and on Tuesday, Ak was given a chance to continue the beef. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Calls Out Fredo Bang For Lying About NBA YoungBoy Beef Boosie Badazz spoke on how he, NBA YoungBoy, Kevin Gates, and Fredo Bang squashed beef on a joint FaceTime call. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Foolio Murder Suspect Claims Diss Tracks Caused Grandmother's Heart Attack Davion Murphy was reportedly interrogated by law enforcement investigators about Foolio's diss tracks towards him and others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Vince Staples Frustrated After YouTube Age-Restricts His Video Vince Staples has something to say. By Tallie Spencer April 30, 2026
Music Ray J Claims He's Slept With 12,500 Women, But He Has A Limit Ray J has said and done some outrageous things in his life but this latest claim about sexual partners may take the cake. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2026
Relationships RZA Says A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Naming Their Son After Him Is An "Honor" A$AP Rocky and Rihanna welcomed their first son, RZA, back in May 2022, and have had two more children since. By Cole Blake April 29, 2026
Music Offset Accuses Security Guard Of Spitting On Him Before Dispensary Brawl Offset is currently being sued by a security guard named Jim Sanchez, who alleges the rapper punched him in the face last March. By Caroline Fisher April 28, 2026
Music Dame Dash Claims That Cam'ron & Ma$e's Relationship Is Transactional Dame Dash went on the "Art Of Dialogue" and ripped Cam'ron for beefing with him and claimed that "It Is What It Is" shouldn't exist. By Zachary Horvath April 27, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks & Mal Reveal Drake's Creative Process Behind "ICEMAN" DJ Akademiks, Mal, BenDaDonnn, and more have had a lot to say about the direction of "ICEMAN," and Drake helped enlighten their reporting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2026