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Music D'Angelo's Family Reveals The Legendary Singer's Cause Of Death In Heartfelt Statement D'Angelo was best known as a pioneer of the neo-soul genre with his iconic albums, "Brown Sugar," and "Voodoo." By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Armani White Arrested In Kentucky For Allegedly Filming Music Video In Middle Of Highway Armani White, the Philadelphia rapper known for his song, "BILLIE EILISH.," was arrested in Kentucky on Sunday night. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty's Lawyer & Wack 100 Trade Blows Over Snitching Accusations It did not take long for Wack 100 to cause some controversy after Pooh Shiesty was released from prison, which Bradford Cohen addressed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music Cardi B Delays "Pretty & Petty" Video Because She Doesn't Want To "Bully" BIA On Her Release Day Cardi B reignited her issues with BIA on "AM I THE DRAMA?" with the brutal diss track "Pretty & Petty." But she's laying off, for now. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Hires Lobbyists As He Pushes For Donald Trump Pardon Boosie Badazz has been pleading Donald Trump for a presidential pardon for several months, and now, his sentencing is just weeks away. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Announces “Hometown Hero” Benefit Concert In Atlanta Young Thug also confirmed that "friends" will be joining him at the event, although he didn't confirm any specifics. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music DaBaby's Controversial Music Video Leads To Meeting With Mecklenberg Sheriff DaBaby divided the internet in September when he recreated the fatal stabbing of an Ukranian refugee on a Charlotte on a local train. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music Playboi Carti's "Antagonist 2.0" Tour Setlist Is Beyond Parody Playboi Carti is currently on tour with Destroy Lonely, Ken Carson, and Homixide Gang, and as you will see, his setlist is quite something. By Alexander Cole October 06, 2025
Music d4vd Hires Harvey Weinstein's Lawyer Amid Celeste Rivas Investigation Police still haven't alleged murder or determined Celeste Rivas' cause of death, a teen found dead in the trunk of a car registered to d4vd. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music New Death Certificate Suggests Celeste Rivas May Have Been Pregnant Earlier this week, prosecutors in the Celeste Rivas case claimed she and D4vd exchanged texts about sex and abortion while she was underage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Drake Sets Some Impressive Spotify Records Amid "ICEMAN" Hype Drake hasn't dropped "ICEMAN" yet, but the anticipation alone has him setting some wild Spotify records with weeks to go before it does. By Zachary Horvath April 27, 2026
Music Foogiano Shares Anti-Snitching Post After Showing Support For Pooh Shiesty Some folks believe Foogiano might be shading Gucci Mane regarding the Pooh Shiesty situation, while others think it's completely unrelated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2026