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Music Diddy Is Reportedly Undergoing Major Weight Loss Behind Bars Diddy appeared in court, earlier this week, to request a postponement of his upcoming trial date on May 5th. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music Ari Lennox Reportedly Parts Ways With Dreamville Months After Calling The Label Out Ari Lennox gave her last performance as a Dreamville artist during the collective's final festival just a few weeks ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Fredo Bang: "Hi Cardi B" Fredo Bang has been crushing over Cardi B for a while. The Louisiana rapper told Bootleg Kev he subscribed to Cardi's OnlyFans account. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Music Ty Dolla $ign's Brother Sings From Prison During His Coachella Set In Powerful Moment Ty Dolla $ign's older brother is the midst of serving a 67-years-to-life sentence for murder since the early 2000s. By Zachary Horvath April 19, 2025
Music Travis Scott's Daughter Stormi Hangs Out With Dad & Aunt Kendall Jenner At Coachella Travis Scott claims to have no issue with Kanye West after the mogul's rant. Scott referred to West as the uncle of his children. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Addresses Neighbors' Complaints About His Dogs In New Body Cam Footage We will see if DJ Akademiks addresses this video in any capacity, as he's too busy reporting on important hip-hop matters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Summer Walker Channels Marvin Sapp After Chris Brown Announces More Breezy Bowl XX Dates Summer Walker is currently working on her new album set for 2025. She teased the album with a voicemail including Lil Meech. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 06, 2025
Music JID & Metro Boomin Have Fans Demanding Them To Drop Their Album After Sharing Insane Snippet JID turned in one of his albums last month and fans are hoping that it's his Metro Boomin collaborative effort, especially after this snippet. By Zachary Horvath April 05, 2025
Music Waka Flocka Flame Tossed From Montauk Hotspot After Brazen Argument With Staff Waka Flocka Flame reportedly told staff at the Montauk venue, "I’m worth $20 million. Do you know who I am?” By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Politics Democratic Party References "Not Like Us" To Blast Donald Trump's Jeffery Epstein Controversy Many fans have speculated that this will help Drake's defamation case against UMG for releasing the Kendrick Lamar diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Are Apparently Dropping "Alfredo 2" Later This Month This would cap off one heck of a month for hip-hop if Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist actually follow through on this. By Zachary Horvath July 16, 2025
Music Keyshia Cole Flaunts New “Love” Tattoo After Covering Up Hunxho’s Name Keyshia Cole looks as happy as ever now that she's in the process of moving on from her ex-boyfriend, Hunxho. By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025