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Music YNW Melly's Mom Reportedly Wore A Wire To Aid His Trial But It May Backfire YNW Melly's case is already complex, but his path to a more lenient sentence may have just become more difficult and very unlikely. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music Baby Keem’s “Ca$ino” First-Week Sales Projections Are In Last week, Baby Keem finally unveiled his sophomore album featuring Kendrick Lamar, Too $hort, and more after a five-year wait. By Caroline Fisher February 25, 2026
Music Designer Reveals What Allegedly Triggered Solange And Jay-Z’s Elevator Confrontation A fashion designer claims Jay-Z’s Met Gala compliment sparked the infamous Solange elevator incident, revealing new details 11 years later. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music Drake Appears To Diss A$AP Rocky And Others On Potential "ICEMAN" Snippet Most of the chatter around Drake has been his UMG lawsuit loss, but he is still hard at work on "ICEMAN" and this snippet is "spicy." By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Claims J. Cole Killed The “Big Three” According to Charlamagne Tha God, J. Cole's decision to bow out of his battle with Kendrick Lamar marked the end of the "big three." By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Pop Culture Adam22 Responds To Unsubstantiated Rumor About Pooh Shiesty Kidnapping & Robbing Gucci Mane These rumors about Pooh Shiesty trying to get out of his deal with Gucci Mane remain completely unsubstantiated. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Receives Healthy First-Week Sales Projections A$AP Rocky was reportedly already off to a great start sales wise for "Don't Be Dumb" and these early projections all but confirm that. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Raps About Allegedly Punching Inmate For Repping OTF Earlier this year, NBA YoungBoy got thrown into solitary confinement for allegedly confronting another inmate behind bars. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Claps Back At 21 Savage's Diss In The Most 6ix9ine Way Possible What do you get when you mix 6ix9ine's penchant for skits and comedy, 21 Savage's U.K origins, and 21's recent diss towards Tekashi? Content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Pop Culture Steve Lacy Faces Smoke Machine Issues On Tour: "They Trying To Kill Me, Y'all" The "Gemini Rights" star adds "smoking hazard" to his list of tour issues this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 30, 2022
Music Gunna Goes Global In New Music Video For "Got Damn" Fans are already loving Gunna's new music video. By Cole Blake December 31, 2024
Music Young Thug's "Slime Season" Projects Earn Impressive Streaming Numbers After Finally Being Added To Spotify Young Thug's iconic mixtapes dominated streaming after being added to Spotify. By Cole Blake December 29, 2024