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Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine's Mother Held At Gunpoint During Frightening Home Invasion Tekashi 6ix9ine was not home at the time of the break-in and was instead livestreaming with Jack Doherty. By Cole Blake November 17, 2025
Music Who Is Max B? New York rap in the 2000s was dominated by Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and other mainstream stars, but Max B was certainly doing his thing as well. By Zachary Horvath November 10, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Claims He Offered NBA YoungBoy $1 Million For A Feature Rumors of this offer from 6ix9ine to NBA YoungBoy were swirling in 2021, so the former could very well be telling the truth here. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Diddy And Sebastian Telfair Chat In Prison As Mogul's Expedited Appeal Gets Approved Diddy is in a much cushier facility at Fort Dix as partly evidenced by photos capturing him chatting it up with Sebastian Telfair. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Gracie Bon Claims 20 Percent Of Kendrick Lamar's Attacks On Drake In "Not Like Us" Are True Model Gracie Bon was on La Casa de Alofoke, where she leveled a plethora of allegations against Drake, and even brought up "Not Like Us." By Alexander Cole November 03, 2025
Music Birdman Wholesomely FaceTimes Toni Braxton After Verzuz Battle Birdman and Toni Braxton's relationship has been a rollercoaster of emotions, but it seems like they are still in love and supportive. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free's pgLang Announce New Agency Venture pgLang and Dave Free have been Kendrick Lamar's creative directors for his new music, performances, and much more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Explains Why He Attended Kendrick Lamar's "Pop Out" Concert Tyler The Creator spoke about Kendrick Lamar's concert for a new interview with Ebro Darden following the release of his new album. By Cole Blake July 29, 2025
Music Rick Ross & DC Young Fly Trade Blows Over Podcast Walkout Rick Ross abruptly left the 85 South show with DC Young Fly, Chico Bean, and Karlous Miller way back in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Makes Bizarre Comment About Drake’s Balls During Fiery SZA Rant Yesterday, Nicki Minaj went off on SZA yet again, claiming that she was Drake's first choice to join Sexyy Red on "Rich Baby Daddy." By Caroline Fisher July 18, 2025
Music SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025