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Music Teddy Riley Apologizes To Comedian For Snapping At Him In "Verzuz" Comments Teddy Riley issued an apology to comedian Tony Baker after sounding off on him in the comments of Alicia Keys and John Legend's "Verzuz" battle. By Lynn S. June 20, 2020
Music Machine Gun Kelly Doesn't Seem As Willing As Eminem To End Their Beef MGK reacts to the shoutouts on "Music To Be Murdered By". By Noah C January 19, 2020
Music The Baby From The Notorious B.I.G's "Ready To Die" Album Cover Is All Grown Up Now Keithroy Yearwood is now in his twenties. By Alex Zidel May 24, 2019
Music Rakim Praises Eminem As A Lyrical "Beast" Rakim shows some love to Slim Shady. By Mitch Findlay October 15, 2019
Music Lil Durk Released From Jail & Forced To Wear Ankle Monitor Lil Durk is officially out of jail! By Alex Zidel June 21, 2019
Music J.I The Prince Of N.Y And Lil Durk Link Up For "Painless" Fresh off dropping his new EP "Welcome To GStarr Vol. 1," Brooklyn emcee J.I the Prince of N.Y shares a standout track off the project titled "Painless" featuring Chicago's own Lil Durk. By Keenan Higgins July 17, 2020
Music Kenny Beats Threatened By The Boyboy West Coast For Leaving Him On Read Kenny thought the exchange was amusing. By Alexander Cole May 31, 2019
Music Matt Ox Explains How His Collaboration With XXXTentacion Materialized Matt Ox was a featured guest on "?" By Alex Zidel November 02, 2018
Music Ray J Reveals NSFW Details Of His Prison Stay Following Princess Love Altercation Ray J also revealed he's been permanently banned on Twitch after streaming his nasty fight with Princess Love. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Nas Shows Utmost Respect To Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, SZA & More On De La Soul Snippet Nas is lending another feature during this "Legend Has It" run and this one lands on De La Soul's album that's dropping later tonight. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Ja Rule Explains Why He's A "Better Rapper" Than 50 Cent Ja Rule also said that he wishes nothing but "luck" for 50 Cent and isn't interested in focusing on negativity. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Music Travis Scott Shockingly Brings Out Kanye West At Japan Show After Beef Kanye West previously blasted Travis Scott for allegedly taking him off of his "UTOPIA" album for no reason in 2023. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025