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Music Joe Budden Responds To Folks Blaming Him For Rory Amid Old Tweets Drama "The Joe Budden Podcast" reacted to Rory's alleged racist tweets, criticizing his "dismissive" response in the immediate aftermath. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Kodak Black Launches $YAK Artist Crypto Coin At "Kodak Day" Celebration Kodak Black distributed the coin during his annual Kodak Day festivites on November 11. By Tallie Spencer November 13, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Reclaim No. 1 Chart Position Thanks To “Luther” Kendrick Lamar and SZA recently topped the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart once again, surpassing BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman. By Caroline Fisher September 15, 2025
Pop Culture NLE Choppa Accused Of Starving 1-Year-Old Son Amid Fiery Custody Battle Marissa Da'Nae went ballistic on NLE Choppa, accusing him of fighting for custody of their son who he allegedly barely sees. By Zachary Horvath September 15, 2025
Music Jay-Z Seeks To Strip Sexual Assault Accuser Of Anonymity In Defamation Case The Jane Doe in this situation who dropped her sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z asked the court to uphold her anonymity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 14, 2025
Music Jay-Z Defends Roc Nation's Casino Bid For New York City Jay-Z and Roc Nation have been trying to get involved in opening a casino in New York City for years at this point. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Accuses Young Thug Of Pandering With Controversial LGBTQ+ Comments Young Thug remarked that he doesn't trust men who aren't open about their sexuality while discussing snitching. By Cole Blake September 09, 2025
Music Lil Gotit Seemingly Issues Warning For Lil Baby As Young Thug Drama Continues Young Thug has been coming under fire for dissing Future, Gunna, and more artists in various leaked jail calls. By Cole Blake September 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Shares A Message For His Loved Ones As Jail Call Scandal Continues Young Thug also shared a snippet from an unreleased song as he continues to work on his new album, "UY Scuti." By Cole Blake September 08, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Trippie Redd Over Young Thug's GloRilla Comments Young Thug has since apologized to GloRilla, but 6ix9ine still laughed at his remark that only guys like Trippie Redd want to be with her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Hit With Sampling Lawsuit For "DONDA 2" Track "LORD LIFT ME UP" Kanye West has been tangled up in plenty of lawsuits of this faction as he's facing another one for "Donda" as well. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Goes Off On Young Thug Again As Snitching Scandal Persists Young Thug has been facing tons of backlash online as various controversial audio clips of him have been leaking. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025